I'm going to order a case of ammo.. these freaks in New Orleans are scaring me..

Isn't New Orleans quite a ways from PA? What's going on up there that has you spooked?

Personally, I'm going to look into putting together some bug-out/bug-in kits. With the weather as crazy as it is, who says the next catastrophe won't be the biggest blizzard in recorded history, right over PA?

Plus I go to college in Johnstown, which already gets 800 feet of snow most winters.

800 feet Ryan - you musta added a zero somewhere!

My son lives there and I live just over mountain to SE - I do tho fully expect this could be a harsh winter to come.

I hope you mean an extra case of ammo. Everybody should have at least one case.

As an aside, I believe the police and Wal-mart had an understanding already. The police take what they need (chainsaws, water, food, etc) for rescue operations, and settle up accounts with Wal-mart later.

Apparently the noble citizenry got the wrong idea and figured that meant all the TVs were free.

This does not look like equipment the Police can use.

On another thread everyone's saying "Shoot the looters.", "Shoot the Looters!!". Is the High Roader to believe we should shoot police who loot?

Sick, just sick. If I were there I'd be doing what I had to to feed my family and others who needed help, but no way can you justify STEALING a TV. (What's the difference between LOOTING and STEALING anyway?)

800 feet Ryan - you musta added a zero somewhere!

My son lives there and I live just over mountain to SE - I do tho fully expect this could be a harsh winter to come.

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Actually, I think I forgot a zero or three! In seriousness, though, it usually is enough snow that most of the benches around campus disappear (3+ feet with 6 foot drifts).

Looking at how unprepared the dining hall was for a power outage today, and how terrible the insulation in most of the buildings is (most winters there are walls of 8 foot+ long iceicles hanging from all the roofs; that's really not an exaggeration at all), I may need just as many supplies as if I were stuck in the middle of the woods.

Yeah, the basics of health and safety - in a word, survival - are what are important, at this point. Water, food, adequate shelter, a sanitary place to take care of one's bodily functions, and some order and general direction are what people in Lousiana need, right now.

In this case they are no longer police, they have become worse then the avg. looters and should be dealt with accordingly.

Isn't New Orleans quite a ways from PA? What's going on up there that has you spooked?

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I'm in Minnesota and I can feel it. Waaaay spooked.

As a southern gentleman on the elevator said to me today, there's a thin veneer of civilization over us. When the lights go out, it is gone.

Wifeypoo and I are makin' some SHTF plans this weekend.

You know, if you need a disaster in another part of the country to use as an excuse for buying a case of ammo, then you apparently are not putting enough value on your own life. I have to think that your life is worth a case of ammo, probably more, even without a disaster having occurred. Its just good personal self defense to have a nice little supply on hand.

who knows what other crap might break out..

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Actually, I'm in Atlanta and it has been a panic since lunch time today. People have been lining up at the gas stations (5 or 6 cars deep) to fill up. It just goes to show you that just the slightest hint of trouble and mass panic can ensue. I went to work this morning and gas was 2.69 a gallon, by lunch it was 2.99 in some places and a few stations on my drive home were up to 3.99 a gallon. The local Quicktrip (gas chain) had three cops in the lot calming people down and directing traffic.

I feel I'm pretty prepared to handle a bad situation. I have enough canned food for several days (enough to get out of dodge), and enough ammo and components. I have a plan set up for meeting my girlfriend and making a 20 mile journey out of town to my parents, and then an additonal idea on how to get even further out of town to some other property. However, I am now convinced that the time table of initially leaving town would have to be accelerated. If I learned anything today, hysteria travels fast. If there had been a real crisis, people would have gotten real violent real quick.

ggaaah.. my bad, I was going from radio reports and hadn't seen those pictures. :banghead:

They're ZOMBIES man! Freakin' ZOMBIES!

Treat them like you would treat any zombie attack.


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I could use a little more 7.62x39 as well as a few bricks of 22LR.

Those pictures could be of officers taking recreational CDs for a refugee center. It could be items he nabbed a real looter with. In short, that picture alone is sensational, but hardly conclusive.

If it is true that they're looting, then yeah, they should be hammered. But we know how accurate the reporters are. I'm just glad they didn't refer to the 27 inch TV as an "assault weapon".

EDIT--although, as I get caught up on the news, it sure don't look good for the NOPD.

Well I inventoried my personal ammo stash tonight I am running low on shotgun ammo 10 boxes of 12ga. and 4K of 22lr. But I have several 1000 9's, 357's, 45's, 40's, .223's, 30-06's, .308's, 30-30's and roughly I am sitting with 50K in the personal supplies of everything. I better get the lead pot going I still have 25,000 pieces of brass in the shop. now I just need primers and powder.

What's the difference between LOOTING and STEALING anyway?

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The only difference is how much company you have while you're doing it.

Those pictures could be of officers taking recreational CDs for a refugee center.

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Hope they're taking some electricity with them to play them with!