Kungjo
09-01-2005, 08:10 PM
Hi Everyone,
I'm back. I posted earlier asking for prayers for all the hurricane victims then followed up to let everyone know that we made it safely through the hurricane. Now I'm back because I'm scared to death of the looters and armed bandits that are even now (from what I've heard) spilling into Baton Rouge, LA.
It's crazy over here. Because of our proximity to New Orleans (about 80 miles or so), most of the refugees are headed here first. We are running out of gas, residents here are in panic mode, and food is flying off the shelves. Not sure if they are being bought up by residents or refugees. We went and spent a ton of $$ to stock up on groceries and water because we're worried about a possible food shortage since we have so many people coming in. While I was shopping, my husband called and said that there were shootings and robberies going on in Baton Rouge and told me to high tail it home.
I came home in tears. It's the hopelessness of the situation. It's bad enough that so many people lost their lives or possessions in Hurricane Katrina. Now we are in terror of the oportunistic looters who go around taking things and robbing people. I can understand looting for food to feed your family, but stories of people in New Orleans looting a shoe store or people in the suburbs cleaning out a Toys R Us just downright sucks. How could they do something like this? I'm afraid to take my kids out to the stores now and my husband is seriously thinking of evacuating us to his relatives in Tenn. to keep us safe.
I really hope that President Bush and the federal government send aid and troops soon. We need then desperately to protect the residents and refugees from the looters roaming the cities. Something much be done or it will become total chaos here in a few days.
Pray for us all. Pray that the residents and refugees will be safe from the looters. Pray that the troops coming in to protect us will quickly get these looters off our streets and that all these troops will return safely back to their families.
Joyce
I'm back. I posted earlier asking for prayers for all the hurricane victims then followed up to let everyone know that we made it safely through the hurricane. Now I'm back because I'm scared to death of the looters and armed bandits that are even now (from what I've heard) spilling into Baton Rouge, LA.
It's crazy over here. Because of our proximity to New Orleans (about 80 miles or so), most of the refugees are headed here first. We are running out of gas, residents here are in panic mode, and food is flying off the shelves. Not sure if they are being bought up by residents or refugees. We went and spent a ton of $$ to stock up on groceries and water because we're worried about a possible food shortage since we have so many people coming in. While I was shopping, my husband called and said that there were shootings and robberies going on in Baton Rouge and told me to high tail it home.
I came home in tears. It's the hopelessness of the situation. It's bad enough that so many people lost their lives or possessions in Hurricane Katrina. Now we are in terror of the oportunistic looters who go around taking things and robbing people. I can understand looting for food to feed your family, but stories of people in New Orleans looting a shoe store or people in the suburbs cleaning out a Toys R Us just downright sucks. How could they do something like this? I'm afraid to take my kids out to the stores now and my husband is seriously thinking of evacuating us to his relatives in Tenn. to keep us safe.
I really hope that President Bush and the federal government send aid and troops soon. We need then desperately to protect the residents and refugees from the looters roaming the cities. Something much be done or it will become total chaos here in a few days.
Pray for us all. Pray that the residents and refugees will be safe from the looters. Pray that the troops coming in to protect us will quickly get these looters off our streets and that all these troops will return safely back to their families.
Joyce