RexB wrote
"And all the people who lived there knew that.
Just as all the people who live on the San Andreas Fault know about the

potential for disaster. They are gambling - big stakes - that it won't
happen in THEIR lifetime."

So if somebody lives in an area where a tornado, flood, deadly cold,
earthquake, huricane, or even a chemical leak has been possible to
experience, it's the peoples fault for living there? Gee, that doesn't
leave many places to live that are absolutely carefree, actually there
is no place like that, anywhere. There are degrees of chance but luck
is luck, you take a chance anywhere. Adding to the fact that the area
was one of the most impoverished areas in the US, i would assume most
of the people were born there. Also, during the 100+ mph winds, flying
debris, and ravaging flood water, i may have not grabbed my piece
first, so looting the gun before somebody else does seems like a good
idea. (It would suck to survive the huricane but then get shot and
killed by some junkie who needs a fix)
Actually we do count on our government for basic survival, unless
you've killed a rapist or child molester because you thought our local
government shouldn't handle it. The Federal government needs to take
action when the local government can't. That's why a National Guard
makes sense here and not providing freedom to a nation who didn't ask
for help to begin with.