There were two disasters that have been an overwhelming problem..The large numbers of people who chose to ride it out for various reasons and the flood...The flood made an orderly evacuation and rescue impossible and the armed gangs that really started looting before the flood are shooting at the rescuers..They are endangering the lives of the victims and their rescuers...
Reporter at NO police station saying fires and some explosions going on..railroad cars..concerned about what was in them..5th district. Haz Mat on its way
Right. If the levee hadn't broken (I know, "If wishes were horses, . . ."), riding it out wouldn't be seen now to have been such an awful choice.
And people were posting yesterday about the "72-hour" rule for hurricane territory: i.e., keep three days' worth of supplies just in case, because things won't be organized enough for any assistance or function for that long. Makes sense. No one seemed to note, though, that a second 72 hours started with the levee breach. (How do you calculate that? Let them overlap, or add another 72 hours?)
Yes. And the armed gangs are such a serious problem. I hope they are able catch a majority of these people and charge them with terrorism. I pray they look hard for them long after this crisis is over. Hand them the worse punishment available.