Part of the problem

[catrose]

Was that the media stories I saw focused on people who were "trusting God." At least one clearly had the money to leave; I don't know about the woman with 3 kids who said, "There's safety in numbers." Maybe she couldn't afford to leave and was whistling in the dark (or rain). In New Orleans, for the really bad hurricanes, it was customary for one person to stay behind to protect the house while the rest of the family left, if they could afford it. Katrina's striking at the end of the month meant that many couldn't afford to go.

Another injustice: The young woman's landlord can probably get more aid to repair his shack than she can for losing all her belongings.