if you are evacuated, national guard rounds you up and takes you out or you risk the chance of being stuck in your home, trying to survive, ride out the storm on your own. i spoke with a shop owner says he has been in that location 20 years, never seen it this empty on a saturday morning, never seen so many people afraid of the storm because they all remember hurricane katrina. >> it is empty, the streets there. as you point out, anybody that's been to new orleans on saturday morning, your time, 11:00, noon on the east coast, it would be jam packed with tourists and others enjoying the beautiful city of new orleans, right? >> reporter: absolutely, wolf. i mean, we are a block away. i will show you, this is cafe dumond. it is like 24 hours. it is a must do on your list when you come to new orleans. we're just a block from there.