NO and MS have bigger problems right now than looters...

Skidmore

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Thu Sep-01-05 07:12 AM
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NO and MS have bigger problems right now than looters...

Edited on Thu Sep-01-05 07:17 AM by Skidmore

and someone needs to repeat that over and over again.

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fujiyama

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Thu Sep-01-05 07:13 AM
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1. You mean Mississippi right?

Edited on Thu Sep-01-05 07:15 AM by fujiyama

MI is Michigan.

MS is Mississippi.

And I agree. While the looting is unfortunate, the immediate priority is to search and rescue those trapped.

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Skidmore

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Thu Sep-01-05 07:51 AM
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7. Oops. Corrected.

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malaise

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Thu Sep-01-05 07:13 AM
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2. I agree with you

Do you have a link for a public broadcasting radio or TV station in NO or anywhere near.

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fishnfla

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Thu Sep-01-05 07:17 AM
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3. I guess we should differentiate between looters and thugs

Rescue workers in boats are being shot at
rescue workers in helicopters taking fire
the busses at the SD are being attacked
hospital supply truck in Gretna attacked
a nursing home attacked

thats just what I read this am

Yes these are bigger problems than looters, but the chaos wrought by criminal thugs is making life for the survivors more miserable and hampering rescue efforts

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no_hypocrisy

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Thu Sep-01-05 07:47 AM
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4. You want me to make a list?

1. Petrie dish of impending diseases:
A. West Nile disease
B. Cholera
C. Typhoid
D. Generic dysentery
E. Rabies (bites from rabid raccoons)
(P.S. A lot of these diseases are communicable. And the refugees won't stay in a colony. They will move around the country.)
2. Water mocassin snakes (poisonous bites)
3. Water pollution of unimaginable proportions
4. No food, no water, no shelter, i.e., more than 1 million displaced people, refugees with NOTHING, absolutely NOTHING, no present, no near future
5. Martial law

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KittyWampus

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Thu Sep-01-05 07:49 AM
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5. except vandalism has now escalated to shooting at evacution efforts

Edited on Thu Sep-01-05 07:49 AM by cryingshame

there's a fire in the fucking superdome and the NG told firemen to stay away because they can't secure the area.

looters stole a generator from a hospital.

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Thu Sep-01-05 07:51 AM
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6. OMG!! People are being forced to eat generators!

:sarcasm:

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Skidmore

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Thu Sep-01-05 07:52 AM
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8. I heard about this just now and the first thing that came to mind

for me is who would do this? Do we have someone who is paranoid and has not had meds for several days or a vet with PTSD? An escaped criminal? We don't know the story here and it may not be so cut and dried.

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