Arcadefreaque wrote:
: Curtis CCR wrote:
: If I had managed to get out, I'd consider myself lucky. If my
: neighbors or anyone else was stranded in a flooded hell - I don't think
: I would blame them for breaking into my house and "looting" my fridge,
: freezer and pantry. I wouldn't feel the same way about someone
: swimming in to steal my TV, but I don't that's what we're seeing in
: most cases.
:

: What if you knew that TV would finance their ability to buy food or
: safety in the near future? I seriously doubt that these people have the
: type of lives that would allow them to take that tv and xbox back home,
: plop down on the couch, and enjoy it for very long. They're probably
: going to be (or hoping to be) selling it to the next guy in order to
: get what they need to survive soon enough.

"Think of the children".
See: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050830/...atrina_looting

For a perfect example.

Here's another: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/...in808193.shtml

Yup. They're just making sure they have somethin' to drink because the
water supply is a bit contaminated.

b.