Imagine hot burning tar running through our streets burning up and engulfing any and everything in sight. We'd have to run and leave everything behind to save our lives. All of our valuable possessions we have accumulated over the years. Those possessions that money can't buy and only the memory and meaning behind them are the value. Now, imagine while you are running for your life and your family safety that some heartless individuals are taking your tragedy and trying to profit from it by stealing your possessions or just plain destroying them for no good reason.
This is the reality in Pahoa, Hawaii. Looters are committing these acts of burglary. This is not random for the criminals. In fact, they are staking out the houses and property they want to burglarize by day and going back and thieving by night. Shameful acts. Police are busy trying to ensure safe evacuation of the Pahoa residents and now having to try to prevent crime.
This post was created by Steve Almasy, Paul Vercammen and Tony Marco on October 27. This article gave me mixed feelings. first I had the intended feeling of sorrow for the people whose belongings were stole. Then I tried to give theifs benefit of the doubt, because if you think about it, a lot of people who steal in these situations, are people who are in need of these things. Such as cloths and food. Other stolen items may have reasons, but regardless " Thou shalt not steal"
http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/27/us/hawaii-volcano/?cid=ob_articlesidebarall&iref=obinsite
Although the crime is bad, at least the people who evacuated their homes were ensured to be safe from the lava
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