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[buzzycrumbhunger]

Our county was hit before this by Hurricane Charley (and three others in quick succession--5 years ago?) and we also have many homes waiting for repair. Or a bulldozer. I know people in the Miami area who also never got help cleaning up after Andrew.

The moral of the story, I think, is that you can't count on anyone to really help after a crisis, especially the government. They're only going to help get bodies and debris out of the way and utilities restored--nothing in the way of long-term help. I'm starting to think my crazy Mormon friend is right; they're apparently taught to keep an emergency supply with food, clothes, etc. for every member of the family to last a year, rotating the stock yearly to keep it fresh.

Unfortunately, we're bombarded with hurricane preparedness messages and most people tune them out. A majority seem to wait until the big storm is less than a day away, and then they all run to WalMart and clean them out of bottled water and Spaghetti-Os. :eyes: