The article seems really concerned about burglaries during the event, all of two.

Begs the question, how many burglaries would have occurred during a non=EQ Saturday night in Ridgecrest? and so on?

What is theft anyway, vs. scavenging, in a dire emergency? Would one really object if someone took a tourniquet, for instance, without asking, and used it properly, or water, for someone desperately in need? It would be nice to ask first, but that is not always possible....