A scary day in New Orleans.

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I read a discussion earlier about break-ins and shootings, and it made me think of something that I experienced. There was no shooting, but.. Several years ago, my family was all sitting on the balcony that overlooked the street in my Uncle's house in New Orleans. I headed inside to fetch a drink, and soon I hear the sound of a car skidding to a stop, shoes violently hitting the pavement, and my grandmother screaming THEY'RE COMING THIS WAY! THEY'RE GOING OVER THE FENCE! THEY WENT THIS WAY! I come to see the commotion, and by then, squad cars had pulled around the house. They told us to stay up on the second floor, to remain inside. They do a quick visual sweep before calling in the dogs. When the dogs got there, we moved to a room upstairs to watch as it sniffed around all of the houses around us. We had seen them run through our yard and jump the fence earlier, so we were sure that they were in a neighbor's yard. The dog seemed really fixated with the house behind us, but found nothing. All of sudden, the dog's head jerked towards my Uncle's house. We gave the police permission to search the bottom floor, and we watched the dog enter the house. About a minute later, we heard barking and screaming, and the entire house seemed to shake. GET DOWN ON THE FLOOR, GET DOWN ON THE FLOOR! We imitated it for the next week, and it gave us something to laugh about, but it is kind of scary knowing that someone could be in your house. Has anyone else had such a situation? What would you do in this situation? I will love to read your response.