Had the businessmen and women working in the World Trade Towers had even a few hours evacution notice; if the Pentagon had been put on notice only an hour in advance; had United airlines been alerted before Flight 93 had taken off, no one would have died.
If I were a Floridian who evacuated needlessly, I’d bitch and moan all the way home. But on that long ride, my mind would wander to the poor souls whose homes and cars and businesses are a complete mess. By the time I’d arrive at my house, and see the serene calm and cleanliness, it’s possible I’d fall to the ground in relief and gratitutde that this time, I’d been spared.
These disaster threads exist because we are a united states who feel most together when faced with cataclysmic destiny, whether war or acts of nature. Americans are the most charitible peoples on earth due to our political system of private property, freedom, self-governance. We want to share each others sorrows and joys. And we love to rubberneck from a distance. Human nature is so vast, so variable, like nature itself, that for a hundred different reasons folks jump on the thread to have their say!
In the future, if you learn from Trump’s example vs. all other politicians, expect to be buffetted wildly by people on these threads and you’ll find you won’t engage with difficult types. Yes, we get highly stressed after hours and hours of watching. But we can each manage our emotional reactions. if we remember that the service we’re providing is UP-TO-DATE vital information. If a person only has ten minutes to get the latest, just keep that in the back of your mind when someone is endlessly needling you.
I’ve forgotten to add some names. This comment is for all of you who kept this thread going even when you could barely see straight. We are the best news source during big breaking news. Citizen reporters, are we!
As the British like to say, “Keep calm and carry on”!
Excellent!
Thank you so much, from the bottom of my/our hearts, for the encouragement.
I don’t honestly think that those people who evacuated are or were mindless drones who believe whatever the *government* tells them.
Everyone was watching this storm from the get go and it was a monster. The storm history shows a LONG track of a Cat 5 and I think most people in FL have enough common sense to know that anything is possible and that ultimately they may not have needed to leave after all.
But what are your choices?
Leave and be inconvenienced for a time?
Or stay and possibly be one of those who dies from it.
I’m sure many of the people who left had good reason to justify it and they didn’t do it just because someone told them to.
If they lived in trailer homes, they shouldn’t stay in them. If they have health issues, it would be foolhardy to stay.
If they plain didn’t feel like staying for it, they should go.
And as we are seeing, sometimes the aftermath is worse than the storm itself.
No electric and no refrigeration. Being without power for up to two weeks in FL heat.
Maybe some people just didn’t feel like dealing with that. The call is theirs and they should not be condemned for choosing to leave.
Those biggest critics, whether they realize it or not, are being very judgmental and condescending towards the people who CHOSE to leave.
It’s none of their business what others do. And nobody answers to them about how they decide to respond to a storm and the warnings.