The authorities are present on the Point also. Sounds like they’ve spread all around Algiers, now.
I just heard that a SWAT team was patrolling today on the levee in a pick-up. They were observed checking doors to see if they were secured, and they managed to come across a couple of young men down on Patterson who were breaking in.
They didn’t ask them to go away. They apparently arrested them. (I have no idea where they might be able to take people.)
No further word about anyone being told to leave. With any luck at all, things will settle down fast now, and it won’t be an issue.
And before you ask…. No, you can’t go back. Algiers is effectively an island, with a burning flooded city across the river, and what sounds like some serious problems still down the expressway. Can’t get there from here.
Be patient.