both on time, good idea for people to return or not? >> i would say stay with your family, stay where it's cool. as long as you know your house is okay, wait a few weeks. >> i would wait, but i understand how people feel about their homes, but you're going to live very primitively down here. >> you will. i can back that up. and i have to say, fred, that it is not only very difficult to live, you're going to find that if you have any kind of medical emergency, there's hardly anyone to treat you here, because the hospitals are not up to full strength here. so there are a lot of issues, but public officials admit they had to bow into the tremendous clamber of people wanting to come home and see, but many may just turn around and see after they have. >> right, therein lies the potential risks. all right, martin savidge, we'll check back in with you in big pine key, not far from key west. now to st. louis, let's check in there, where officials are hoping for calm today, but bracing for possible unrest.