[thegreatbeast]

Nagin said the city would open the Superdome as a shelter of last resort for evacuees with special needs. He advised anyone planning to stay there to bring there own food, drinks and other comforts such as folding chairs, as if planning to go camping. No weapons, no large items, and bring small quanties of food for three or four days, to be safe, he said. Police Chief Eddie Compass said he and Nagin will likely call a curfew at some point, and would station police officers at shopping centers to prevent looting. Looters will be dealt with severly and harshly and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, he said.

That one never got out of the gate, huh?

[expatguy]

Nagin ended up condoning looting and on two occasions even went so far as to tell people to just "take whatever they need".

It was at this point that the City of New Orleans decended into anarchy.

An American Expat in Southeast Asia