I feel for you dude. I used to live over by Elysian Fields and Robert E-Lee. I've been homesick for New Orleasn since the day i moved out 15 yrs ago. I was just back in April taking time off of doing some Hurricane related work in Pennsacola. Bummer to think of all that was ruined. One can only hope the city's groove wasn't included in the big list. A bunch of my friends in the city and Slidell have had better days. One of them playes for the Iguanas and i think he was on tour during the Hurricane. I'm guessing he lost a bunch of his instruments.
the records and CDs should be fine with a proper cleaning though lables and covers will be toast. i'm going with the guys that say try to save the gear. My brother found an abandonded QED power amp laying in a field filled with silt and rusted in places. It worked fine after a little cleaning. (If you don't want to try send me the tube stuff and i'll let you know how it turned out.) the biggest problem will be with the salt in the water trashing connections but if you get to the pieces and give them a good cleaning before they have much exposure to air you may be OK. cleaning the pots may be a pain but they are relatively cheap to replace. Transformers may be a problem depending on how they were sealed. I'm guessing cables may be a bigger problem since they are twisted wire rather than solid core which would allow water to migrate into them around the casing. Make sure that everything is bone dry before you put power to it. I'd set the cleaned pieces under heat lamps for a couple of days if it were me. Then i'd just turn things on and wait for the big puff. If it passes that test then you may be OK. If it fails it still may be a relatively cheap fix.
good luck with everything.
the records and CDs should be fine with a proper cleaning though lables and covers will be toast. i'm going with the guys that say try to save the gear. My brother found an abandonded QED power amp laying in a field filled with silt and rusted in places. It worked fine after a little cleaning. (If you don't want to try send me the tube stuff and i'll let you know how it turned out.) the biggest problem will be with the salt in the water trashing connections but if you get to the pieces and give them a good cleaning before they have much exposure to air you may be OK. cleaning the pots may be a pain but they are relatively cheap to replace. Transformers may be a problem depending on how they were sealed. I'm guessing cables may be a bigger problem since they are twisted wire rather than solid core which would allow water to migrate into them around the casing. Make sure that everything is bone dry before you put power to it. I'd set the cleaned pieces under heat lamps for a couple of days if it were me. Then i'd just turn things on and wait for the big puff. If it passes that test then you may be OK. If it fails it still may be a relatively cheap fix.
good luck with everything.