And this brings up another issue.
They evacuate the Super Dome and the hotels, but will the looters voluntarily evacuate too. You'd think without food, sewage or water, they'd want to leave to, but I bet not.
They'll hang around just like sewer rats.
They're going to need an armed presence on the street, that's for sure.
That's obvious. The question is: what level of violence is going to be necessary to restore any semblance of order? I don't have a good feel for the number of looters involved here. Is it hundreds or thousands?