Posted on 08/31/2005 7:09:41 AM PDT by End Times Sentinel
BUMP!!!!
On the other hand, I just heard on the radio that local authorites are going to go after any gas station owners caught "price gouging". I guess that this is what passes for law and order down there.
"Everything will be lost by loot or flood. What is the difference?"
Flooding is natural disaster, and looting is a national disaster.
I understand the frustration and hopelessness stated in your post....but I think (in our mobil society) that most of these families are not "islands unto themselves" probably having relatives elsewhere... that will be more than willing to help them relocate and start over.
Seriously, we should remember and remind people that probably 95% of these people vote Democrat.
Yeah, that sea level thing.....
I can understand food and drink, its survival. But I saw some animals steal a grand piano and tear the top off. They wheeled is down the street and loaded it up with goodies like sneakers, tvs and dvds. I laughed so hard it was just hysterical that these people show such ingenuity when it comes to stealing..
I just got on here and this is the first story I've latched on to so far. Why is the water still going up? Are the levy's all crumbling?
And yes, you did do the right thing. I've been through flooding several times (and I still live in a flood zone!)
The best thing to do is, get out, take what's important (pictures ) and get far away early. Things can be replaced, life can't. people who live in areas where disaster can strike at any time should plan for these events, unfortunately they don't. Even places where people think they are safe can be hit by disaster. The earth is an every changing, unstable place which could unleash unimaginable power anywhere at anytime without warning.
Your dad was a good man.
Law and order vs anarchy...
Wait till the welfare checks and food coupons don't arrive on the first....you ain't seen nothing yet...
So helping themselves to cases of beer, Queen Latifah DVD's, frilly blue panties, computer software and TV sets will help them how exactly?
Evacuate everybody not looting. Cut off all public services. Leave the looters to each other. After 2 weeks, they can trade in all their stash for a sandwich and a bottle of water.
Reparations?
They need to come up here to KS. The prices jumped 12-18 cents onvernight and all but one of the stations dont take delivery on fuel for 5-7 more days.
Go figure.
Nice. You know there's always a percentage of this that goes on. It's expected. I'm saying in the whole scheme of things, this is quite small.
For me, after having seen the RC during a flood in 1979, and at the same time the Salvation Army in action, the latter will get my funds.
To each their own.
You are right.
If the MAJORITY of people were doing this, the looting crowd would be much larger and there would be stampeding and shots fired no doubt.
But being oppressed is more than a feeling, being oppressed is an industry, and the Jessee Jacksons and Al Sharptons are its captains.
You bring up an excellent point. It had occurred to me that the looters are taking items that will be lost to flood waters if left where they are. I don't know if I'd trust the food items, in that toxic brew of flood waters, unless well sealed. It is the least problem to be sure, except where folks are shooting at officers. I did wonder about that, it almost seems a shame that so many items, salvagable at this point, will be wasted. It doesn't help though that some of the looters are talking 'oppression' and such, but I suppose they are not their usual selves, considering the situation. I'm not excusing bad behavior, but clearly they are stressed beyond what most people who aren't there can imagine. Good luck to you and yours.
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