[silent_jonny]

You mandate evacuation ... the citizens leave their possessions ... and you allow looters to pillage and burn with impunity?

Not excusing the looting, but most of the possessions are under eight feet of water and ruined anyway. If the people down there can make use of these things in order to survive then have at it.

(And no I'm not talking about plasma TVs and beer.)

[Truth29]

Lawlessness is contagious. The effect of tolerating widespread looting is two fold. For the immediate crisis, the anarchy will spread and people will be victimized and killed. For the longer term, citizens will be even more reluctant to evacuate when ordered because they want to stay and protect their property. These, able bodied, looters should be shot.

[G.Mason]

"Not excusing the looting, but most of the possessions are under eight feet of water and ruined anyway. If the people down there can make use of these things in order to survive then have at it."

Eight years of Clinton speak served you well.

Excuse me ... pardon me, but you are excusing the looting. Your attitude, combined with that of the elected officials, is prescisely why I will never leave my home and possessions in a similar scenario.