There was a group of Vietnamese that self-organised for self-protection in the Dome. They told the Guard guys that they could wait and be on the last buses out! One of them is a former interpreter of an SF bud of mine.
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I think every VN family in the USA is headed by "boat people" who know what real refugee suffering is. I'm postitive that they have raised their children to be extremely self-reliant in the face of disasters, natural or manmade.