Looting after the strom

Looting all the day long. People in new york are stealing tv's in the middle of the dayafter hurricane sandy. First of all what good is that doing. Tv's use electricity and after a hurricane chances are your elecricity isn't working. If itwas something you needed to survive I would understand, but you dont need a tv to survive. People are also stealing dipers and wipes. this i understand, these are items need for the everyday care of and infant. Looting after a natural disaster, in some ways i undersand but in other ways it doesn't make since.