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.
Damn, this is sad. I have a dozen or so Refugees at my house in Austin and none have even had a chance to cry.