Wow fingpilot...what an experience, glad you're OK! I've never seen looters (nor heard of such) after a natural disaster around here. Folks tend to come "out of the woodwork" to help their neighbors with chainsaws, etc. and we tend to have other "tools" available too. It's been two weeks today since this area "got lucky" and narrowly avoided the widespread havoc that John and others endured. I did have a neighbor (I don't know) several houses away who had tree uprooted in their front yard. A few days later, seeing that most of the tree limbs etc. had been sawed and cleared, leaving the trunk and root ball, I figured they didn't have a saw big enough to finish so I stopped by to offer assistance. I told them I was a neighbor "down the street", and would gladly cut it up for them. The "lady" curtly dismissed my offer stating they were "waiting for the tree to dry out"...wtf? I felt sorry for the guy....he didn't say a word the whole time...and two weeks later, the tree is still there. I know one thing for sure..."she ain't from around here"
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ps: this wasn't a huge tree, laying on the ground, and could easily be finished off in 15 minutes...I didn't understand her reaction at all.