I haven't lived in Houston for 10 years, so I don't know how it is now --- but back then, the Houston cops had three war zone areas to deal with. The number of active thugs at the Astrodome is probably relatively small, percentage-wise, and it won't add much (again, percentage-wise) to the overall crime rate.
10:12 AM CDT on Thursday, September 1, 2005
10:10 A.M. - Michael Deroche, Terrebonne Parish E.O.C.: Utility companies working to restore power in the area, and the first people had their electricity turned on last night. Asks patience from those who fled who want to come back to town.
150 residents still in shelters in the parish. More than a thousand Orleans Parish refugees in Terrebonne, but they can’t take many more, unless the National Guard sends troops to provide security.
No reports of flooding.
“People have been very generous and helping. Our civic organizations are stepping up,” he said.
Deroche said public and private schools will open Tuesday.
10:05 A.M. - WWL-TV's Mike Hoss: The camera cannot truly capture what transpired in New Orleans. "You have no idea how bad it is," he said.