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To: Peach; doug from upland

I do remember hearing on one of the programs this week that most of these looters stayed in NO specifically because they planned to take advantage of the hurricane and many started looting at the height of the storm on Monday. Sorry, I can't remember which program that was now, been so many I fell like in overload.


2,165 posted on 09/01/2005 9:43:18 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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To: Arizona Carolyn; doug from upland

Now that you mention it, I heard that the looters stayed behind and started looting before the storm even ended too.

I don't think we heard too much about it Monday; it didn't register with me if we did.

So the storm ended Monday; the levee broke that night; the looting was horrific by Tuesday morning when I woke up.

By Tuesday and Wednesday, the president had ordered the full force of the federal government to the relief effort. Hampering those efforts were gunshots and water and inaccessible roads.


2,176 posted on 09/01/2005 9:46:08 PM PDT by Peach (South Carolina is praying for our Gulf coast citizens.)
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To: Arizona Carolyn

I had wondered if a bunch of thugs had stayed behind as part of a get rich quick scheme. I suspect that most who stayed behind didn't have money or transportation. That is why I wonder why the city and state didn't have a transporation plan in place for evacuation. That is clearly not a federal matter. Buses from schools and other sources could have been used to pick up people all over the city if they needed transportation out. National guard vehicles could have done that also.


2,199 posted on 09/01/2005 9:50:53 PM PDT by doug from upland (The Hillary documentary is coming -- INDICTING HILLARY)
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