My dear Ms. Winslow, if the end of the world came there would be no National Guard comfort stations and you, most likely, would already have been murdered by marauding bandits. Get down on your knees and thank God that you live in the most prosperous, and generous nation on the face of the Earth. We exist on this planet only by temporary geologic and meteorologic dispensation through the grace of God.
If I sound insensitive, it's not due to inexperience with hurricanes. We were without power and running water for 12 days in 1983 after Hurricane Alicia passed over our community. Suck in your gut, square your shoulders, help your neighbors and be thankful you and your family are still alive to miss these conveniences of life.
As a survivor of almost every hurricane that's hit south Florida (and a few that clobbered me in New Orleans) in the last 50 years, I concur with your comments. People need to shut up, get to work and when their lives are back to what passes for normal these days, thank God for what they have...especially their lives.