It's not so much "dignity" as it is a sense of self-reliance. That's what's missing in this whole disaster. The "victims" from the outset assumed the "Nanny-state" would take care of them. Admittedly this hurricane was incredibly destructive, but it didn't come up suddenly. There was time to fill up a few gallons of water for each person in the family, stuff some food in a backpack, and a few essentials.
The one that really got me was the woman complaining about when the bus would show up to take them out. Heck, I'd have my kids by the hand and be hoofing it out of there. Persecuted Mormon pioneers walked to Utah, for cryin' out loud! Every boy scout learns how to make an improvised shelter. My sons learned how to make snow caves and slept out in sub-zero weather when we lived in Alaska.
People keep complaining about "lack of leadership." If disaster strikes, I'm not about to wait on the government to stick me in a "refugee camp" with a bunch of miscreant low-lifes. Every American ought to take a lesson and make some simple emergency preparations. God made us sovereign individuals; each of us is responsible to ensure our own safety and survival.
>>>Heck, I'd have my kids by the hand and be hoofing it out of there>>>
Wow, you must be some superhero!! You mean you would have the ability to create water to counteract the 90 degree heat and walking in the sun!?! And you would be able and willing to swim with your kids through 8 feet of toxic water??
Boy, so many people sitting in their comfy homes talking big.
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self-reliance -- the magic word!
How many scenes have you seen with bunches of folks sitting on their fat butts and whining that "Nobody ain't brought me no water for three whole days!"?
And how many scenes have you seen where someone has built a debris fire and boiled a big pot of water so that they -- and those around them -- could have a sterilized drink?
No self-reliance -- and no sense of community. Behold the virtues of the slavery of the "nanny entitlement state"!