Down the road in the park sat Vietnam veteran Gary Snyder, drinking Miller High Life. Snyder, who was among only a handful in Harborview who rode out the storm, said residents were anxious about looters, but he was prepared.
"If I see 'em, I'll shoot 'em," he said. "They're gone. I'll tell 'em I had a flashback."
That'd work pretty well, After all, Vietnam vets are in fashion right now.
I have to wonder where all this "patriotism" was 30 years ago.