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We saw many official groups - most of the swiftwater rescue teams from central Texas, the National Guard, local fire and police departments, organized volunteer groups including the Texas and Cajun Navies, and the Coast Guard. Of those groups the only ones we encountered who weren't obviously armed were the Coast Guard. They may have had their firearms in their vehicles but they weren't on display.

No one that we talked with fired a shot or was fired at. During the several days that we were down there none of us heard a shot even though at times we were supposedly in the neighborhood where boaters had been attacked. We did find some neighborhoods where civilian boats were not allowed - authorities had blocked access except to Coast Guard, Nat'l Guard or other official group boats. Several of these neighborhoods were along the bayous where a lot of expensive homes were built. It seems unlikely that anyone was going to shoot at a rescuer in those areas.