Maybe. But a lot of the rumors have gotten out of control.
Did it occur to any of you that sensational reports of well organized AK-47 toting gang-bangers patrolling the streets do more to keep police and rescue workers out of the area while you loot unfettered than anything else?
FROM WWL
Updates as they come in on Katrina
01:56 PM CDT on Thursday, September 1, 2005
Tom Planchet
1:54 P.M. - Emergency Operations spokesman: Hospitals overwhelmed.
1:53 P.M. - Emergency Operations spokeswoman: 49,800 people in shelters in this state right now. Room for 70,000 more.
FOX correspondent Goldblatt was an eyewitness report of the Ak-47 wielding denizens. He wasn't making it up.
Here is my post from last night about the reporter from FNC
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1474387/posts?page=2380#2380
To: Howlin
Jeff was telling how some police guy gave him and his producer a police flashing light in case they needed it
He said he didn't want to use it .. but it was so bad there and so dark that they couldn't see where they were going
He said they were going down one street with the flashing light when they came upon a Ryder Truck with a couple guys in the back ..
One guy had a sawed off shoot gun .. pointed at him and yell F the police
Jeff said .. they heard a gun shot afterwards .. he isn't sure where it came from .. if it was these guys or from behind their car
Jeff said that he's been to 3rd countries that were war zones and that is what this part of NO reminded him of
He said it is an absolute mess down there
2,380 posted on 09/01/2005 5:12:52 AM EDT by Mo1