"I guess you missed the Steve Harrigan report at that location with gunfire, that had a fire burning, where police and guard teams had to move in. "
I did but I will assume that there were no sniper victims.
But there are tons of innocent victims that can not be held at bay over reports of snipers that have not wounded a single person.
many of the people attempting to do boat rescues, are private citizens. they don't expect to be shot at, even if they aren't hit, in the course of that action. so even if it happens once, they all back off.
The reporting out of NOLA is "weird." We had a fire in plain view of the Superdome, of a building (or buildings) that may or may not have had people in it. Never did get a conclusion to that report - but in ordinary times, we would. I would think, given the gravity of the situation, a single death by sniper is of minor consequence.
Of greater consequence is 1,000 flat bottom boats being denied access to the city - why? Because the volunteers were being shot at. There are plenty of stories of gangs roaming and resorting to shooting - maybe they are bad shots, I dunno. Well, there was a report that they hit a helicopter that was trying to service a hospital.