Posted on 12/26/2022 9:53:52 AM PST by jimjohn
There was no looting in the 1965 NYC blackout.
The 1977 NYC blackout was quite different.
"With many roads becoming impassable, the City of Buffalo police were almost immobile by Friday evening.[55] Through radio and television, citizens were asked to loan snowmobiles and four-wheel drive vehicles to the Buffalo police;[55] police used them[56] to answer calls. Looting broke out and items stolen included radios and firefighters' clothing from fire trucks,[57] as well as more than $1,500 in medical supplies from a stuck ambulance.[58] Cigarettes, liquor, beer, coffee, meat and refrigerators were stolen from abandoned semi-trailer trucks.[59] There was also looting from factories, stores (including two jewelry stores and a furniture/appliance store) and homes.[59] Nearly 100 people were arrested for looting.[15]"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard_of_1977
There were people selling stolen goods from that event out of the backs of trucks all through central and western NY the following week.
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