The Museum's web presence will be back shortly. Steve G. from I-55.com was just up here to fetch some rails for the server. He reports that the Museum took minimal storm damage but was broken into by looters. Somehow the exhibits were not infiltrated though. Tom Brokaw will be broadcasting from that location tomorrow night.I'll have to look for Brokaw's report, time permitting (I'm going to be gone most of the night).
Here's the thing, there really isn't much a looter is going to want in there. If I'm looting for profit, I'm hitting the stores with TV's not old uniforms and letters to loved ones.
The museum really doesn't lend itself to looting anyway. The first floor is mostly auditoriums and a few large displays (tanks, amphibious craft) while the second and third floors have the smaller items. However, those upper floors have no windows to speak of making it pitch dark if there is no electricity. So whoever broke in probably left quickly, maybe after discovering there was no cash the Sherman tank wouldn't start.
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I would be willing to bet that those who did break into the museum may not have been "looters" so much as trying to find refuge from the storm. You say that the upstairs had no windows, this would make it perfect for protection from Hurricane force winds, especially if you are in the midst of it and not really thinking about lights or anything like that.
Also you say that there are amvibouse vechicals on the first floor. It is possible that someone who was trapped in the area when the flooding began thought it would be a good place to wait for rescue, after all you can't drown if you are in a boat. Just a thought.
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Keep an eye on Ebay for possibly looted items. There is a market for them considering I am sitting in my office with an armband from Operation Torch and a 1941 German aircraft navigation map on my walls.
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