Re: ANIMALS!
i find some of these 'kill em all' opinions to be harsh. as tommays mentioned, everyone who COULD get out did. there's a reason these people (most of them, but not all) didn't leave...they couldn't. there was no way out. now, there's no help. they were left behind to tough it out and that's what they're going to do. combine this with the fact that those left behind were mainly poor, under-educated, old, young, weak, sick, criminals from the jails, and tourists. <br /><br />there were no buses out of town. flights into town were cancelled on saturday so no more tourists were brought in. nobody thought about the fact that planes couldn't be used to even get tourists out!<br /><br />to top off being left behind for dead, now these people are soaked, thirsty, hot, starving, without medicines, sick, and surrounded by corpses and thugs in waist high water nastier than you've ever seen. they also aren't heing told what to do or where to go for help.<br /><br />stealing tv's and whatever else is the dumbest thing ever, no argument there. but, you're not dealing with the smartest group of people and these aren't anything near normal circumstances.<br /><br />it will only get worse...reminds me of the movie 'escape from new york'...the authorities are no where to be seen. i'm not blaming them as there is utter devastation all around, but those are the facts.<br /><br />one thing very different about this situation...usually, authorities can set up home base an operations nearby to conduct their missions....there's nowhere to do that here. everything is gone for miles and miles, have to start over. need to get everyone out.
