With no rescue infrastructure in place survivors were turning to looting for sustenance.
I don't think you can even call it looting at this point.
Book: Where's the doctor? Not back yet?
Zoe: (beat) We don't make him hurry for the little stuff. He'll be along.
Book: He could hurry... a little.
'Safe'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
bon bon - Jan 15, 2010 9:35:12 am PST #1801 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
msbelle - Jan 15, 2010 9:36:09 am PST #1802 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
It is very grim.
§ ita § - Jan 15, 2010 9:38:18 am PST #1803 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think you can even call it looting at this point.
At this point, I don't dare look. I heard the sound bite yesterday and bolted. I haven't made a periodic trek to bbc.co.uk yet today.
§ ita § - Jan 15, 2010 9:44:56 am PST #1804 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yeah, that visit to a news site was a mistake. Let me sit here and pretend to work for a few minutes while I compose myself.
Trudy Booth - Jan 15, 2010 9:51:59 am PST #1805 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I don't think you can even call it looting at this point.
Oh no, they're black people. It's looting. And, you know, deal with the devil and all that. Not to mention that Obama is happy because it makes him look good. Oh! And if you send formula you're only making it worse because mothers need to nurse to relieve stress...
t Cannot fucking BELIEVE people are forwarding their own agendas with this. Alas, this tag never closes.
Beverly - Jan 15, 2010 9:54:51 am PST #1806 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Birthday felicitations, msbelle!
Matt, I'm sorry. That's just a horrible feeling. Not to mention the damage to your car.
tommyrot - Jan 15, 2010 9:57:22 am PST #1807 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Huh. This cafe I'm at serves breakfast until 2 PM.
So today I get Second Breakfast!
Daisy Jane - Jan 15, 2010 9:57:29 am PST #1808 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Cannot fucking BELIEVE people are forwarding their own agendas with this. Alas, this tag never closes.I'll hold it open for you, because really, that's appalling. I remember having to hear Dallasites tell me that Katrina proved that poor people shouldn't get welfare and having to just walk away.
Which reminds me, because it came up with the Cowboys this year (a friend of mine who just really wasn't thinking) and at the NFC championship with Chicago (a few fans with more enthusiasm than brains). Trash talking is fine. I enjoy it myself. However, saying (insert sports franchise of your choice) will "finish what Katrina started" is not clever. Stop it.
Scrappy - Jan 15, 2010 9:59:40 am PST #1809 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
In completely light and fluffy news, my DH's blog has pictures of our dogs (and you can imagine me at the out-of-frame end of the leashes in each photo). Click through the photo gallery to see the beasts. [link]
Connie Neil - Jan 15, 2010 10:00:53 am PST #1810 of 30001
brillig
Oh, the whole "well, there shouldn't be a city there anyway, it's below sea level" etc. And no one would accept my "Well, there shouldn't be cities on the Florida coastline anyway, they get hit with hurricanes and they just keep rebuilding" counter argument.