Exactly. I can't believe these people a) didn't have a decent amount of food around that they took w/them as they had to escape (hell, some people are way up high in apt's that you know didn't get the flood waters) b) really need to gather tons of food at once as many are.
It's LOOTING - stealing, down to the nitty-gritty. Sorry, taking everything you can even if it's legit foodstuff is greedy stealing, regardless of your hardships.
Where's the sympathy for the people whose livelihoods are being further ruined by this behavior? It's insult to injury.
It ain't against the law to take necessities for life under those conditions. It is not looting in Louisiana.