tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11497786.post112568538534855643..comments2023-10-16T02:59:39.600-07:00Comments on Andiamo!: Weather & PoliticsJessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105834573683355405noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11497786.post-1126734933319894372005-09-14T14:55:00.000-07:002005-09-14T14:55:00.000-07:00I also was mind-boggled by the reports of people s...I also was mind-boggled by the reports of people shooting at rescuers, until the past day or two, when more and more eyewitness reports have come out about how horribly some of the survivors were treated. I've read several stories - and Russell heard some on "This American Life" of people trying to leave N.O. and being forced to stay!! I mean, the police and Nat'l Guard had shoot to kill orders, and they WEREN'T distinguishing between plasma TV and grocery survival looters, apparently. Russell pointed out that he totally understood how, if you weren't being allowed to leave, and also not being given any help, food, water, etc, and people are waving guns in your face, you might decide to take matters into your own hands.<BR/><BR/>I don't condone the choices, but if the stories are true - and I suspect that they are - I can understand now why people were driven to do some of the crazy things they did.<BR/><BR/>Russell said that some of the folks they interviewed who were allowed into the Super Dome said that it was the "gangs," with their looted guns, who were actuallly keeping people safe, preventing women and girls from being assaulted, and attempting to maintain some kind of order. The authorities have been worse than useless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com