Looting, cohesion & gun control

[R'as al Ghul]

We had a major flood risk in 1995. It was considered serious enough to justify mass evacuation. In a couple days 250,000 people, 300,000 cattle, a million pigs and millions of poultry birds were moved from an area bounded by the Lower Rhine, the Waal and the Maas. As it turned out, the flood didn't happen. In the (deserted) evacuation areas only some police patrolled, no army.

Ah, interesting. I had no idea, couldn't remember.

There was no looting, no shooting.
But then, we are really a midget country compared to the United States. Everything is ten times bigger there, and not just fridges...

Do you argue that it is a matter of size? (no pun intended)
I'd claim that it is a matter of mentality and culture.