From Cox and Forkum:
From AFP: Looters worsen hurricane crisis in New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, United States (AFP) – Rescuers raced to reach stranded survivors of Hurricane Katrina as authorities battled to stop looters taking control of the stricken city of New Orleans. With authorities estimating hundreds of dead from Monday’s storm — and not even bothering to recover bodies from the floods, news that floodwater levels had stabilised offered scant relief as the enormous scale of the crisis became apparent. …
US National Guard troops early Thursday girded for a mission to stem rising anarchy in looting-hit New Orleans, as authorities tried to stop the situation spiralling out of control. “The National Guard is quickly hoping to turn its mission to more law enforcement,” Bob Mann, spokesman for Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco, told reporters in a late night briefing.