[Shermy]

"A deputy's family being held hostage.... between looters and rioting prisoners, the Mayor and/or Governor needs to put the hammer down NOW..."

They'll all be drowned soon...

While engineers scratching their heads.

[Dog Gone]

I doesn't really matter. When all the looted potable liquids have been drunk, anyone remaining in the city will have a choice of drinking the toxic floodwaters or drinking nothing at all.

How long will that be? A few days, I'd guess. With no AC, it's going to be hot and sweaty out there and it doesn't look like getting water tanker trucks in there will be an option.

It seems to me like these people have only a couple of options. Hope to flag down a chopper or walk and swim their way out of town.

Am I looking at this too pessimistically?