[DJ MacWoW]

I'm trying to imgine what it's like there. Almost everything destroyed, little or no contact with the "rest" of the country. They can't get any goods in or get people out. It's hot, wet and after sunset, it's dark. It must be almost like those old sci-fi end of the world movies. I guess man does revert to mob mentality when they think no one can see them.

[Callahan]

Reminds you how thin the threads of civilization really are, doesn't it?

[Republicus2001]

It must be almost like those old sci-fi end of the world movies. I guess man does revert to mob mentality when they think no one can see them.

any know the title of that old Ray Milland movie about a family on vacation when US was nucleur attacked?

[Future Snake Eater]

I guess man does revert to mob mentality when they think no one can see them.

A concept termed "atavism," if I recall.

[Friend of thunder]

I guess man does revert to mob mentality when they think no one can see them.

Not to excuse those taking items that are not necessary for survival – food and water, or bleach to purify water, while technically stealing is understandable – but I wonder if the mob mentality is aggravated, or provoked, by shock.

[AntiGuv]

It must be almost like those old sci-fi end of the world movies.

Earlier when they were showing video of Gulfport I was thinking to myself that they should just keep a street or two like that and use it for scenes in apocalyptic films. It sure looks just like the end of civilization, doesn't it?