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Originally posted by Rikimaru
HAve you not watched the news cargo?
Hurricane looting, flooding
Posted 12:51 p.m. ET
CNN's John Zarrella on St. Louis Street, New Orleans, Louisiana
We're outside of a Winn-Dixie grocery store on St. Louis Street here, and they're literally walking out with the store. Shopping carts filled to overflowing, they even have some of their kids going in with them to get stuff out of the store, just one after the other, there must be 40 or 50 people inside, coming out of the Winn-Dixie parking lot here right now.
Looting had become a problem. Police in the Orlando area said 10 thieves used a stolen car to smash into a store and steal about $US10,000 ($A14,400) worth of clothing, and two men were arrested as they tried to steal an ATM machine with a chain saw. At least 10 other people were arrested for looting in Indian River County, Palm Beach County and Brevard County
Aug. 30 - Inmates at a prison in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans have rioted, attempted to escape and are now holding hostages, a prison commissioner told ABC News affiliate WBRZ in Baton Rouge, La.
Orleans Parish Prison Commissioner Oliver Thomas reported the incident to WBRZ.
A deputy at Orleans Parish Prison, his wife and their four children have been taken hostage by rioting prisoners after riding out Hurricane Katrina inside the jail building, according to WBRZ.
Officials are expected to hold a press conference regarding the riots at 9 p.m. ET.
A woman interviewed by WBRZ said her son, a deputy at the prison whose family is among the hostages, told her that many of the prisoners have fashioned homemade weapons. Her son had brought his family there hoping they would be safe during the storm.
Originally posted by cargo
I dont see how this hurricane makes it a crippled nation.
It's been well established in the intelligence community that within 90 days of July 7th, the USA should be have a major event on it's hands. That timeframe takes us to early October.
...a crippling blow to America.
Originally posted by Seekerof
US historical events that have been classified, labeled, or historically determined to be a "crippling blow to America", and illustrate for us how this tragic event translates into a "crippling" blow, k?
Originally posted by FLYIN HIGH
A crippled nation is correct... to a point;
Originally posted by vincere7
Originally posted by FLYIN HIGH
A crippled nation is correct... to a point;
We are not a crippled nation. New Orleans is a crippled city - still functioning.
Actually all state gov't officials have been evacuated from New Orleans, so I'm not sure what you mean by "functioning". This city is gone, they may put a monument up or something but it is GONE. This could have been prevented with the levees being improved, but you know we have Iraqis to take care of.