Lousiana Floods and civilized society.
Hahaha...Some Indian bourgeoisie was talking of how civilized the west is and how uncivilized we Indians were. He also pointed out how it is an ingrained trait of Indians to be lawless.
Read the story below...Supposedly , the most civilized country in the world has some relapsed on that issue.
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From BBC
Anarchy disrupts US storm relief
It is hot and humid in the stadium and toilets are overflowing
Looting and lawlessness is widespread in flood-stricken New Orleans as people made homeless by Hurricane Katrina grow increasingly desperate.
There are reports of shootings, carjackings and thefts across the city, where a full evacuation is under way.
Medical evacuations from the Superdome stadium have been disrupted after a gun shot was fired at a rescue helicopter.
President George W Bush, who will visit the disaster area on Friday, called for "zero tolerance" against law-breakers.
Hundreds or even thousands of people are feared to have drowned in New Orleans, where the hurricane struck on Monday.
Map of central New Orleans
The government has declared a public health emergency along the whole of the Gulf coast. In Mississippi, 110 people are confirmed dead, but officials warn the toll is expected to rise.
There are rescue workers risking their lives to save people trapped in their homes, and now these heroes and the survivors are in danger from armed looters
Jessica Marrero
New Orleans
Your Katrina experiences
President Bush responds
Bush under fire in press
Suspending the helicopter rescues at the Superdome, a spokesman for the Louisiana ambulance service told the BBC the crowd had grown unruly and he was concerned for the safety of his staff.
Overnight, a national guard was shot outside the stadium, but he was not seriously injured, a National Guard officer said.
City in exile
More than a million people were evacuated from the New Orleans and the surrounding areas before the hurricane struck on Monday, but Mayor Ray Nagin has estimated that up to 100,000 people decided to stay in the city.
During the storm, more than 9,000 people took shelter at the Superdome, but once the extent of the damage became clear the numbers swelled to 20,000.
Conditions there have sharply deteriorated and a massive evacuation of the stadium is under way.
Evacuation efforts in New Orleans
In pictures
Mayor Nagin, ordering all residents to abandon the low-lying city, has warned it will be months before people are able to return to their homes.
Bus-loads of people are being taken 560km (350 miles) away to Houston's Astrodome stadium in Texas, where beds and blankets for up to 25,000 people have been set up. The most vulnerable are going to the Louisiana state capital, Baton Rouge.
The BBC's Alistair Leithead in New Orleans says there is a feeling of foreboding as those marooned become more desperate.
There is no electricity, and people who have lost everything are struggling to find food and clean water.
People have faced shoot-outs and some reports say martial law has been imposed across parts of the city. Armed gangs have moved into some hotels.
People have been breaking into shops, houses, hospitals and office buildings.
Thieves used a forklift truck to break into a pharmacy, AP news agency reports, while dozens of car-jackings have been reported.
Louisiana state Governor Kathleen Blanco said she was "furious" at the growing crime wave.
She has asked Washington to send more people to help with the relief mission, to free National Guard troops to concentrate on looters.
President Bush, who flew over flood-stricken areas on Wednesday, has acknowledged there is "frustration" at the pace of relief efforts.
But he called for patience during what is one of the biggest relief operations ever mounted in the US.
Read the story below...Supposedly , the most civilized country in the world has some relapsed on that issue.
son
From BBC
Anarchy disrupts US storm relief
It is hot and humid in the stadium and toilets are overflowing
Looting and lawlessness is widespread in flood-stricken New Orleans as people made homeless by Hurricane Katrina grow increasingly desperate.
There are reports of shootings, carjackings and thefts across the city, where a full evacuation is under way.
Medical evacuations from the Superdome stadium have been disrupted after a gun shot was fired at a rescue helicopter.
President George W Bush, who will visit the disaster area on Friday, called for "zero tolerance" against law-breakers.
Hundreds or even thousands of people are feared to have drowned in New Orleans, where the hurricane struck on Monday.
Map of central New Orleans
The government has declared a public health emergency along the whole of the Gulf coast. In Mississippi, 110 people are confirmed dead, but officials warn the toll is expected to rise.
There are rescue workers risking their lives to save people trapped in their homes, and now these heroes and the survivors are in danger from armed looters
Jessica Marrero
New Orleans
Your Katrina experiences
President Bush responds
Bush under fire in press
Suspending the helicopter rescues at the Superdome, a spokesman for the Louisiana ambulance service told the BBC the crowd had grown unruly and he was concerned for the safety of his staff.
Overnight, a national guard was shot outside the stadium, but he was not seriously injured, a National Guard officer said.
City in exile
More than a million people were evacuated from the New Orleans and the surrounding areas before the hurricane struck on Monday, but Mayor Ray Nagin has estimated that up to 100,000 people decided to stay in the city.
During the storm, more than 9,000 people took shelter at the Superdome, but once the extent of the damage became clear the numbers swelled to 20,000.
Conditions there have sharply deteriorated and a massive evacuation of the stadium is under way.
Evacuation efforts in New Orleans
In pictures
Mayor Nagin, ordering all residents to abandon the low-lying city, has warned it will be months before people are able to return to their homes.
Bus-loads of people are being taken 560km (350 miles) away to Houston's Astrodome stadium in Texas, where beds and blankets for up to 25,000 people have been set up. The most vulnerable are going to the Louisiana state capital, Baton Rouge.
The BBC's Alistair Leithead in New Orleans says there is a feeling of foreboding as those marooned become more desperate.
There is no electricity, and people who have lost everything are struggling to find food and clean water.
People have faced shoot-outs and some reports say martial law has been imposed across parts of the city. Armed gangs have moved into some hotels.
People have been breaking into shops, houses, hospitals and office buildings.
Thieves used a forklift truck to break into a pharmacy, AP news agency reports, while dozens of car-jackings have been reported.
Louisiana state Governor Kathleen Blanco said she was "furious" at the growing crime wave.
She has asked Washington to send more people to help with the relief mission, to free National Guard troops to concentrate on looters.
President Bush, who flew over flood-stricken areas on Wednesday, has acknowledged there is "frustration" at the pace of relief efforts.
But he called for patience during what is one of the biggest relief operations ever mounted in the US.
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