Hurricane Looters
Thursday, September 01, 2005
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What is wrong with people these days? After one of the worst natural disasters to ever occur in the U.S. causing thousands of deaths, there are those who runs around shooting guns and looting. They need to be deported. It really pisses me off.
Reuters reports, "But the operation was put on hold when shots were fired at the helicopter, said a local official in Texas involved in the evacuation. Trash fires near the Superdome and other logistic problems were also delaying the evacuation. Elsewhere in New Orleans, gunshots repeatedly rang out and fires flared as looters broke into stores, houses, hospitals and office buildings -- some in search of food, others looking for anything of value. Similar scenes played out in Mississippi, where looters freely ransacked stores in Biloxi and Gulfport..."