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Isaac: Vice Squad and Hurricanes

Book Guy

I write it like I mean it, but mostly they just want my money.

So here we are, wondering whether we're about to get hit with Katrina-2 in New Orleans. I'm doing the usual preps, and I'm not any more worried than usual. I'll just drive out of town at 3 in the morning if I do have to leave, with the computer files all backed up in the trunk of the car. It's kinda fun, evacuation-vacation.

But I started to think, maybe, does policing get different at strip clubs right before hurricanes? I know that my city's clubs will try to stay open as best as possible, just as they did after Katrina. Some of the clubs that cater to "mostly locals" will probably be low-key. But the main touristy French Quarter clubs will be all gung-ho to get back up and running as soon as possible, because they run with a high overhead and very little margin for error, and because the presence of any cash-wielding away-from-home males (such as power company linemen, extra National Guardsmen during off-duty hours, etc.) means it's a bonanza.

So, should I go hog-wild immediately before the potential arrival of Isaac, on the premise that the cops are all looking elsewhere and doing more important things so the extras services will be extra available? Or do I really restrain myself in the advent of the storm, on the premise that the LAST damn place you want to have to spend a hurricane is in Orleans Parish Central Lock-Up?