jimnyc
08-28-2017, 06:46 PM
I figured give this it's own thread. Home owners should be able to protect their vulnerable properties with their guns if they have them. Anyone who is trying to loot, whether homes or businesses, are complete scumbags if you ask me. :death:
I just hope it remains a small amount. With Katrina, things went wild and things were destroyed if they weren't already destroyed, and everything was taken from food to the beer.
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Houston police focus on saving lives, battling looters
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- As the sun rose over Houston this morning, police went to work to rescue victims of the flash flood emergency that left thousands of people stuck inside their flooded homes.
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo told GMA that officers completed more than 2,000 rescue missions this weekend after Hurricane Harvey made landfall on the central Texas coast.
Harvey, since downgraded to a tropical storm, dumped catastrophic amounts of rain on Houston beginning Saturday, leaving thousands of drivers stranded and many more homes flooded out.
"I'm happy to report we're down to about 250 folks that are still waiting for rescues or locations," Acevedo said. "We've made some great progress, and we're just really grateful that despite the power of this storm, we haven't had more loss of life."
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Acevedo also said officers are focused on protecting the city from looters as floodwater recede.
"We've already arrested a handful of looters. We've made it real clear to our community we're going to do whatever it takes to protect their homes and their businesses," Acevedo said. "And when people come from the outside to Houston, Texas, know we're going to be out in the city, we're not going to rest as a police department or law enforcement community until people restore their lives."
http://abc13.com/houston-police-focus-on-saving-lives-battling-looters/2350439/
I just hope it remains a small amount. With Katrina, things went wild and things were destroyed if they weren't already destroyed, and everything was taken from food to the beer.
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Houston police focus on saving lives, battling looters
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- As the sun rose over Houston this morning, police went to work to rescue victims of the flash flood emergency that left thousands of people stuck inside their flooded homes.
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo told GMA that officers completed more than 2,000 rescue missions this weekend after Hurricane Harvey made landfall on the central Texas coast.
Harvey, since downgraded to a tropical storm, dumped catastrophic amounts of rain on Houston beginning Saturday, leaving thousands of drivers stranded and many more homes flooded out.
"I'm happy to report we're down to about 250 folks that are still waiting for rescues or locations," Acevedo said. "We've made some great progress, and we're just really grateful that despite the power of this storm, we haven't had more loss of life."
...
Acevedo also said officers are focused on protecting the city from looters as floodwater recede.
"We've already arrested a handful of looters. We've made it real clear to our community we're going to do whatever it takes to protect their homes and their businesses," Acevedo said. "And when people come from the outside to Houston, Texas, know we're going to be out in the city, we're not going to rest as a police department or law enforcement community until people restore their lives."
http://abc13.com/houston-police-focus-on-saving-lives-battling-looters/2350439/