People cant survive without TVs so they probably thought stealing TVs would save their lives. LOL
Ha, ha. If that happened during Hugo, the joke would be on them. All the local TV stations went off the air (some were destroyed), and there was no electricity or cable for weeks in some places. Nothing to watch.
You know it isn't going to be good when at the beginning of the storm, the local news announcer says, "Well, that's the end of our program. We're going off the air and evacuating the station. Keep safe, and we hope to see you later. Good-night."
For us hearies, there wasn't even local radio to listen to. All the stations were down. We had to get our information from a station in Florida. People from Charleston would call the FL station (landline phones worked), and relay news and information that way. It was eerie.
It was like a disaster movie. You go to bed during a storm, sleeping on blankets in the hallway, family and pets all together. We seriously didn't expect to live thru the night. We could hear things crashing all around us outside in the darkness. The walls of our hallway were heaving in and out, like a person's breathing chest.
The next morning, everything looked different. Nothing worked, not even the water and sewer, and we felt cut off from the rest of the world. When we drove out to find people, we were disoriented. Even though we lived in that house for 10 years, we didn't recognized streets and neighborhoods. All the street signs were missing and there were no working traffic lights (most of them were lying in the road).
Having been thru that, I empathize with those poor people in the floods of Texas. It was even worse for them because they didn't have time to prepare.
The good part was how people pulled together after. People weren't looting--they were too busy helping each other.
...*ur rambling* ahh...if I owned my business and were there behind the counter...with my shotgun or gun...I'd take care of it myself....if I'm in my home...I'd take care of it myself....If Looters are downtown and looting business and burning down business...National Gard takes care of it...but some business owners remain in their stores with their shotguns ready to roll....
