No mail in New Orleans

This just in from the US Postal Service:

Suspension of Standard A Mail (Letters and Flats) and Periodicals Mail acceptance to storm-stricken areas

Effective immediately, the Postal Service is not accepting any Standard A Mail (Letters and Flats) or Periodicals Mail — from any source — addressed for delivery within the following three-digit ZIP Code ranges: 369, 393, 394, 395, 396, 700, 701 and 704.

This emergency action has been taken as a result of severe facility damage, evacuations and other issues resulting from Hurricane Katrina.

We are now formulating plans to address the handling of Standard A and Periodicals Mail already in the mailstream and addressed for delivery to these eight ZIP Code areas.

We will update this information as circumstances warrant.

"Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds." -- USPS Motto

I guess they can be forgiven for not delivering mail from a submerged post office to a possibly non-existent address.