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Desperate residents are looting businesses and robbing people at gunpoint, Maui locals say
Fox News ^ | 8/14/23 | Jamie Joseph

Posted on 08/15/2023 1:58:25 AM PDT by Libloather

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An Oregon resident who flew in to provide aid to residents was robbed at gunpoint soon after his arrival, KITV reported.

Ahhhh, feels just like home.

1 posted on 08/15/2023 1:58:25 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Just another ‘Rat Urban Utopia.

Payback for voting for the stupid commies.

Embrace the Marxist suck, suckers.


2 posted on 08/15/2023 2:07:14 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Libloather

We all live 72 hr. from chaos.....


3 posted on 08/15/2023 2:11:07 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Libloather

My emotional separation from “America” must be complete … because I read a headline like this from Hawaii and I honestly don’t GAF.


4 posted on 08/15/2023 2:12:03 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (“Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.”)
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To: Paladin2

Yep. Our police, fire, stores, electrical, etc. are capable of handling the typical day to day problems, and even some very large events (like a block-large fire or mass shooting).

When entire towns get wiped out (this fire, hurricanes, earthquakes) one needs to be prepared to last on their own for weeks.

Of course when all of your supplies are burned up....


5 posted on 08/15/2023 2:17:30 AM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: Paladin2

“some of us” not all of us.


6 posted on 08/15/2023 2:18:54 AM PDT by exnavy (Grow your faith, and have the courage to use it.)
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To: Libloather

So no one has a gun to defend themselves and shoot the bastids?
We make nice excuses for them instead?

I don’t understand that mentality.


7 posted on 08/15/2023 2:19:26 AM PDT by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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reached out to the County of Maui for information....
.... but did not hear back

/\

That seems to be SOP

for Mobocratic Party members.


8 posted on 08/15/2023 2:24:06 AM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: exnavy

Just because you are well prepared won’t insulate you from those who are not.....


9 posted on 08/15/2023 2:26:20 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Libloather

“Raped”?

That doesn’t sound like desperate residents to me. That sounds like monsters.


10 posted on 08/15/2023 2:30:48 AM PDT by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: Paladin2

Oh, i am prepared to unleash pure hell on the bastards, that try that on my family.


11 posted on 08/15/2023 2:43:40 AM PDT by spincaster
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To: Libloather

I guess they haven’t gotten that $700 yet.


12 posted on 08/15/2023 3:01:29 AM PDT by roving (👌⚓)
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To: Libloather

Sounds like opportunistic criminality, not desperation.


13 posted on 08/15/2023 3:05:42 AM PDT by skr (Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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“We all live 72 hr. from chaos.....”

This.

Since this catastrophe, I have been running scenarios through my head. What would I do if I had nothing but the clothes I’m wearing? No house, no food, no supplies, no weapons, no things and no place to defend, and pretty much the same for all of my neighbors. The first thing I would do is GTFO and find a relative or a friend. If my family was with me, we’d all be hoofing it out of there - somewhere, anywhere but that spot. Nothing can live there now for a long time.

Govt. is salivating at the prospect of more like this.

God have mercy


14 posted on 08/15/2023 3:12:32 AM PDT by KingLudd
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To: Libloather

” I don’t think our government and our leaders, at this point, know how to handle this or what to do.”

“No comment”

EC


15 posted on 08/15/2023 3:21:41 AM PDT by Ex-Con777
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Maybe some Californians can give them some pointers as they do this yearly.


16 posted on 08/15/2023 3:23:31 AM PDT by Mashood
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To: Paladin2

Well armed, family grouped.


17 posted on 08/15/2023 3:36:23 AM PDT by exnavy (Grow your faith, and have the courage to use it.)
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To: 21twelve
when all of your supplies are burned up....

Yep. That's a whole 'nother ball game there. Fire takes out your reloading supplies and ammunition, too. Destroys your firearms, even.

Prayers for those people.

18 posted on 08/15/2023 3:45:30 AM PDT by LouAvul (Daniel 4:17: "..the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will.." )
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To: Libloather

“all cultures are equal”, yes ?
NO!


19 posted on 08/15/2023 3:53:56 AM PDT by jimfr
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To: 21twelve; Paladin2

When “superstorm” Sandy hit a few years back. I lived in NJ. I had everything you could need for TEOTWAWKI.

Naturally, my block never lost power. That was a miracle.

However, all of our friends and family were without electricity so our home became a small refugee camp. All day, people were coming in and out to grab hot showers, Mrs DoodleBob was cooking hot meals, and just sitting to warm up. Eventually everyone would head back to their powerless homes though everyone had a generator for necessities (you know, powering iPhones, computers, etc…).

Things were ok. Nobody died.

After about three days, I noticed the lines at the gas stations were getting longer and longer. It turns out most people had generators, but only two days worth of gas. Obviously, without gas there was no generated electricity, the fridge and food would go down, sump pumps wouldn’t work, and other Small but Nasty Things would arise.

There were reports of fights breaking out as people started barging into queues, stories about angry crowds of people who waited hours only for the station to run out of gas, and the start of a general breakdown in civilization.

Then, I heard people were strategizing about driving 100 miles away (where the situation wasn’t dire) to load up on gas. But there were no gas cans available on the shelves. People were buying gas cans online at ridiculous prices. THE topic of conversation was, gasoline: did you get any, which stations still had some, do you have any extra cans, can we drive to this or that station together, etc.

You could run scenarios, about what would be the next step down…would people start targeting and robbing homes if they heard a working generator (generator noise=gas), would strangers come knocking in MY door for a hot shower, and so on.

By about day 4 or 5, power was restored and the good citizens of Soprano Nation went back to being whiny RINOs.

Had we gone another few days without power being restored, we’d have gone full Blade Runner.


20 posted on 08/15/2023 3:54:56 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity’s waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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