Typhoon Haiyan: Desperation triggers anarchy in storm-devastated areas

World News on NBCNews.com ^ | November 13, 2013 | Eric Baculinao, F Brinley Bruton, Courney Kube

[Teotwawki]

Desperation triggered anarchy in communities flattened by Typhoon Haiyan as survivors of one of the most violent storms ever to hit land struggled to find food, clean water and medicine Wednesday ....[snip].... ANC Television said security forces exchanged fire with armed men amid widespread looting of shops and warehouses for food, water and other supplies

[BenLurkin]

It could happen here.

[Teotwawki]

ping to preppers

[Jed Eckert]

I know we have several Freepers that live in the Philippines but for the life of me I can't recall their screen names. Anybody heard from those guys and how they're doing?

Praying that all is well with them.

[fella]

Anarchy is just a few missed meals away.

[VerySadAmerican]

If your family had no food, and you’re armed, how far would you go to feed them?

When our basic needs are threatened, we become just like any other animal. It’s just that some didn’t need starvation to get them to that point.

[Kartographer]

Preppers' PING!!

Quark: Let me tell you something about Hew-mons, Nephew. They're a wonderful, friendly people, as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working. But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those same friendly, intelligent, wonderful people... will become as nasty and as violent as the most bloodthirsty Klingon. You don't believe me? Look at those faces. Look in their eyes.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Siege of AR-558 (#7.8) (1998)

[Marcella]

Would you rather trust FEMA to save you or save yourself with already put together water/food/light/warmth/cooling/medicine/security?

I don’t know anyone in FEMA who would care if I lived or died; I, however, do want me to survive so I prepared. Yes, that is right, I trust me more than I trust FEMA.

[Lee'sGhost]

Agree. I figure it takes about three days without food and then people go primitive or they give up.

[mlizzy]

Yes, WVKayaker, and AlexW, are two. They are okay. http://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3089751/posts?page=39#39

[Beowulf9]

A friend of mine was stationed in the Philippines. She said there was widespread burglary and people worked for very little wages so stealing was commonplace.

It’s not that big a step when a lot of them were already there.

[OB1kNOb]

It could has happen here.

Katrina

[edcoil]

Anarchy and the Philippines is their normal way of life on many of the islands.

[Lazamataz]

I wish I had another gun. I also need a better water supply.

I am so screwed.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

Marcella:" Would you rather trust FEMA to save you or save yourself with already put together water/food/light/warmth/cooling/medicine/security? "

Human Needs to survive: The Rule of 3's: Minimum needs:
3 minutes of air
3 days before need for clean water
3 weeks before need for food / nourishment !

[ozarkgirl]

My question is: how could they have prepared with food and water when their homes are washed away? They had plenty of notice and are in an area where severe storms are commonplace. Would burying a stash of food/water work when so much soil is washed away?

Of course many were so poor, they wouldn’t have any extra money to stash food/water.

[Old Sarge]

I figure it takes about three days without food and then people go primitive or they give up.

We will not have three days.

We will have only HOURS. History teaches us this:

1965 - Los Angeles - the arrest of a young black man in Watts incites a crowd, which spawns a riot, within one hour of the arrest;
1968 - across America - the death of Martin Luther King touches off rioting in several cities within hours of the media broadcast;
1977 - New York - the grid goes offline at 9:30PM, the looting starts around 11PM;
1992 - Miami - Hurricane Andrew's winds haven't even died down before the malls are ransacked;
1992 - Los Angeles - the verdict is announced for the Rodney King Trial, and almost immediately, the city burns;
2005 - New Orleans - the looting started even before Katrina made landfall;
2011 - London - a protest over a slain gangbanger turns violent and within four hours, Greater London descends into mayhem;
2012 - Long Island, NY - in the wake of Sandy, enterprising looters dressed as powerline repairmen sneak past the martial law cordon and pillage, with 24 hours of the storm;
2013 - Oakland, CA - less than fifty minutes after the verdict in the Zimmerman Trial is announced, mass demonstrations "spontaneously" erupt, but in Oakland, fires and unrest break out...

Hours, people - not days, hours.

[cripplecreek]

So get out of the city.

[Old Sarge]

And where are they gonna go? Straight towards you and me.

[cripplecreek]

LOL yeah sure whatever.