I know it. Much more dangerous on the streets. Horrific experience for everyone but imagine being a tourist in that city right now.
Anytime someone's a tourist in NO, you've always had to be very careful where you went because there was a real possiblity of being mugged if you wandered into the wrong area.
I keep thinking about a group of young women in town for a bachelorette party, interviewed last Saturday night I think. Couldn't get a flight out, couldn't get a rental car, nervously laughed and said they'd try to ride it out because they felt they had no choice. I sure hope they got out by now.