This is crazy. You guys can stick to your morals, but I'd rather survive. The fact of the matter is many are dying in the street from no food and water. Many are dying in teh Superdome. The Superdome in NOT an oasis. It is said to have lots of dead bodies and feces. The fact of the matter is that you gotta have water, food and dry CLOTHES. So that means Walmart might have to take a hit. Have you ever had wet and dirty shoes or clothes on for several hours? Its not fun. The word is that there will not be electricity on for months. This is a truly desperate time for all those involved. Until you start seeing dead bodies floating down the street and see thousands of people that might be headed down the same path, reserve your judgement.

 

Thats really easy for you and others to say this from behind the comfort of your computer in your home or office.

And FYI, the majority of the people in SuperDome walked there. This free shuttling service that so many of you have mentioned as a quick and easy fix was rare and not easily accessible to the average person. They have problems getting transportation for the 15,000 people left in the SuperDome, do you really think they could have arranged transport for all citizens and residents of New Orleans within a 24 hour span? Sorry, not happening.

 

It is sad how some are taking advantage of the situation though. Looting TVs, gas gouging, etc.

 

I Currently Live in New Orleans, or use to... might have to relocate now. Whoever made the statement about free shuttle bussing to a shelter hasn't got a clue in the world. Believe me, if there was a shuttle bus transporting people to the dome, then it wasn't very excessable b/c most of the people that went there for shelter had to hike it. I was lucky enough to leave sunday afternoon and currently stayin in houston. My view on Looting is that it's acceptable in the case for food and anything else needed for survival. I own a gas station around the uptown area in a not so great neigbhood and i'm sure it was looted and i except that b/c i know those people out there will need it and if it helps them survive, i say go for it. A few of my regular customers told me they were gonna ride it out and it wouldn't bother me on bit if they had to break into my store if they needed something inside until they are rescued. I jus hope they're ok now.

Until jus an hour ago my last friend that wasn't accounted for was able to get in touch w/ me to tell me he was ok. He actually stayed b/c he g/f parents were stubborn and didn't want to leave. he stayed w/ them and the story he told me sounded like complete hell. He was finally able to get to baton rouge and he'll be on a plane tomorrow headed for chicago tomorrow. All my friends back home are all scattered across the US now and many of them dont plan on coming back, claiming there's nothing to come back to. Personally i think they're all buying all this media hype about how bad it really is. The news has a way of making u believe the flooding is 10 feet high everywhere which is far from the truth.

Meanwhile i'm stuck here in houston. I went to the galleria the other day to get my mind off this catastrophe and while at chili's eating lunch they had the television on the news and this lady comes up telling me how horrible this is. I tell her i'm from new orleans myself and she says " they're giving free admission to astroworld and sixflags if u have a louisiana id..." I look at her like WTF... why in the hell would i want to go to sixflags at a time like this.... To me that's jus a slap in the face. people from the gulf coast dont want free admission to an amusement park.. We want to know that our family and friends are safe. We need things like shelter and food. Whats even worse is i heard some hotels are trying to rip people off by price galging... what a sad world.

 

If I needed food and water to survive I would %100 loot it for myself and my family...But, I would never even waste my energy by carrying a worthless tv out of a store...All a tv is good for right now is to sit on considering electricity is non existent now and for a while

 

think of it this way....

a 19 inch/ 50 inch tv means nothing to me or you probably...cause we all can go out and buy one...but to some poor person that can't it might be his only opportunity....

now if there was a ferrari enzo with the keys left in it....and there was looting going everywhere...would get in the car and drive it for a little????

i mean i probably would...

or if there was $10K watches right in front of you, with no one around and looting everywhere would you stop and take some????

 

I dont know if i would be valuing material items in the traditional sense, but i might think of them as bargaining chips for food, water, safety. Who knows....

 

Looting is not the problem ,

Looting and shooting at police officers , raping people on the street killing people for no ****ing reason , now that is a problem.

i am not against people taking things to survive but the ones that fit the above category should be shot twice and left for the alligators to feed on.

There are reports that people who got evacuated started looting the towns and robbing the people that gave them a helping hand. Its just sad.

 

F1s2000

You talk about assumptions and yet you assume I know nothing about strenuous situations. But I guess you have been in every situation out there, huh?

Look why don't go back to the caves with that superior,

 

I don't know the extent of NO bus service but if it's like most major cities your never more than a few blocks from a stop. MAybe that's not the case in NO, however if it is there is no excuse. I'm sure that within 24 hours they could move so many people well I've been on a bus before. Eitherway the majority of the people who weren't mentaly or physically handicaped could've got to safe ground if they listened, 24 hours notice you could walk from anywhere in the city to the freakin superdome. From what i understand they still had food and water unlike the top of your flooded out house.