Gustav: Residents return home

Desirae Prince, 30, returns to her home in the Lakeview section of New Orleans. She and her son evacuated to Destin, Fla., before Hurricane Gustav hit.  (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)

Desirae Prince plays with her 6-year-old son, Jacob, at home in the Lakeview section of New Orleans.  (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)

Henry Jones pushes a bike through a flooded neighborhood in Alexandria, La., after Hurricane Gustav.  (Matt Slocum / Los Angeles Times)

A fallen tree in the garden area in front of the state Capitol in Baton Rouge, La. President Bush toured storm-scarred Louisiana on Wednesday to survey damage from Hurricane Gustav as hundreds of thousands who fled the storm began coming home.  (Don Emmert AFP / Getty Images)

Luke and Tara Fuselier walk in the French Quarter past a restaurant open for business in New Orleans. Officials announced that residents would be allowed to return to their homes today, two days after Hurricane Gustav spared New Orleans a direct hit.  (Mario Tama / Getty Images)

Randall Harris, 17, plays his trumpet from the porch of his home surrounded by flood water left by Hurricane Gustav in Alexandria, La.  (Matt Slocum / Associated Press)