Thewre was no looting in Galveston for two reasons..there was nothign left to lot, and no one alive to do the looting...it was a small, contained community, as opposed to the hundreds of miles hit today..
There was looting in Galveston, it was quite famous at the time, and looters were shot on sight. Looters were caught cutting fingers off of dead women to steal their wedding rings. I am quite astonished at this thread. The lack of historical data and the amount of hysteria, are both notable.