Ike/people on dialysis-think about it.

[babylonsister]

I heard right after the hurricane that dialysis patients were seeking hospital visits most, and can you blame them? Then there's diabetes patients, though Canada rocked with a cold front, that is now over. Below a certain temp., insulin needs to be cooled.

I am very lucky but there are lots who aren't.

[skooooo]

1. our nation is officially broken. nt

[billyoc]

2. We were trading gasoline for ice to keep insulin cool in New Orleans in '05.

5, 10 gallons of gas for a bag of damn ice cubes!

[babylonsister]

4. Again, bless Canada for the cold front that saved many meltdowns.

I remember Rita (I left) right after Katrina, and I remember how stinking hot it was before and after. And of course Katrina has seared images into my brain. :(

[billyoc]

5. Exactly then! I got there 1 week before Rita. Hot, hot, hot.

Place was still a shambles, nobody knew what the hell was going on, real Twilight Zone stuff.

[thecrow]

3. And FEMA's "new regulations" don't include

passing out ice.
Brilliant.
He's going out with a bang, eh?