NewsThe Riverwalk may be on fire
(shopping mall at the river at end of CBD/Quarter). Everytime we talk to
the police, we hear about sniper fire at the fire scenes. I cannot confirm
that there is any. This is all hearsay, but it's coming from the police.
The police we talk to, while consistent about claiming there is sniper
fire, are conflicted about whether it's police sniper fire trying to take
out arsonists or criminal sniper fire trying to take out police and fire
rescue teams. Again, this is rumor for now, but we're hearing a lot of
this rumor.
Now this is something that requires tact, and I do not
have much experience with reporting, but I think the world needs to know
how overwhelmed the police are out here: I have reports from 3 different
police sources that 2 police officers have committed suicide. Out of
respect for their families, I will not name them or go into detail. Truly
tragic how bad things are. I sincerely hope I did the right thing in
reporting this.
The 3 guys you just saw on webcam are Jeff
and Hank of
Data Protection
Services (one of our customers who swore to their customers that they
would not go down because of this storm), and Doctor Tom, an
anesthesiologist. These three men heroically found a way to deliver us
fuel and supplies into this disaster zone. I say heroically, because the
amount of effort it took them to coordinate a way to get a container and
fuel and a route in to the city in the face of persistent danger on the
streets was absolutely off the charts. Their customers need to know the
lengths that these men went to in order to get the job done. I listened to
their accounts and I was absolutely impressed by the initiative and
resourcefulness of these guys. Their story will be forthcoming on my blog
sometime in the coming weeks when this is all over. For now, I want to
thank these men in front of the whole world for the service they just
performed.
