Hurricane Katrina response

[Malacasta]

I heard some reporters say that these people firing at rescue helicopters might just have been firing into the air to get the attention of the rescuers who had flown by them six or seven times without picking them up (have there been any bullet marks found in any of the helicopters?). Some other out of the blue theories could be that they were panicked, that they were sociopathic or that they were drug users needing a fix.

Since none of the people accused of firing at rescuers have been interviewed to my knowledge, only they can know why they did it, if it even happened.

I've read about cannibalism, rapes of children, murders in the super dome and all sorts of horrific stories. I was pretty dubious about the cannibalism story, which makes me wonder about the rest of these unsubstantiated reports. They could well be true, but I think it's safer to say at the moment that all they are is rumours.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/katrina/st...563532,00.html