Quote:
Originally Posted by Blaat
For people complaining about the lack of looting I would like to point out that the Great Hanshin Earthquake (the most destructive earthquake in Japan in recent times) had no reported cases of looting.
|
The only instance I can think of where there was a near-immediate outbreak of looting was the New York City blackout in the 1970s. In that situation, the city hadn't been hit by any kind of natural disaster. The power just went out, and people could assume it would come back on relatively soon.
In a natural disaster, I would expect there to be some time period where people were in shock and were making sure they were going to be okay. The looting would come later. Why bother stealing a TV if your home's going to fall down by the time you get back? I think that even when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, a couple of days elapsed before looting really became a problem.