Longtime reader Moore, a Tulane 3L, follows up on his earlier letter (Sept. 2) with this:

I’m back in LA after a few days in TX, and things are getting better here. Necessities are present, and gas prices are coming down. I’ve transfered to LSU for the semester — they’ve been very gracious, taking about 7,000 displaced students — and I just have to re-juggle a new course schedule with work, child care, and commuting home to an area under curfew.

Oh! Something that’s not made national news, as far as I’ve seen: at least 6 looters have been shot in St. Tammany parish (where I live), according to the deputies, and their orders are to shoot to kill. St. Tammany has the highest per-capita income of the state. It’s home to doctors, lawyers, engineers, and scientists. But it’s still a bit wild, apparently.

It’s absolutely mind-blowing to live through this. I think everyone here has had their perspective altered, but it has also helped bind some communities together. It has brought out the best, just as it has brought out the worst.

Incidentally, Ted’s comments on the topic of shooting looters touched off a considerable blogospheric discussion the other day; see Point of Law, Sept. 1.