Replies

If you didn't get the goods you felt you needed, that's too bad; however, even before 9/11 and especially thereafter, we've been told numerous times to have a MINIMUM of 3 days worth of food, water, medicines, etc.

The problem is that people were stuck in place for more than three days, up to a week in some places. Plus, storing these things takes space, which is hard to come by if you're living in a small apartment. You also have to remember that much of where they stored their food and water was in their houses...which quickly flooded. It's hard to eat and cook things when you're on your roof.

And, with the advance warning by the hurricane center and the weather folks on all the stations, I don't understand why people didn't evacuate. Did you not have transportation? Isn't there someone you could have called?Did you not have a friend that could help? Did MO not provide transportation for those who didn't have it? If you had transportation, did you try to help someone out who didn't? I really feel for the poor people and devastation down there, but, if it had been me and my family, if we were told to evacuate, we would have been out of there whatever it took.

I've read the numerous stories of people without cars trying to get on overfilled buses, staying behind because someone in their family was infirm/elderly, or who just figured it out too late. I don't own a car. If my city is hit badly, I'll need to walk. That said, I can get pretty damn far...

"I don't own a car. If my city is hit badly, I'll need to walk. That said, I can get pretty damn far..."

Hannity [my top prez pick for 2008] mentioned a Vietnam vet in that very situation in NOLA. That danger sensing he had from Vietnam kicked in, and he realized, he had to get as far from the shoreline as possible.

The man put on a rain coat, a bunch of socks on each foot, and walked. Nobody bothered to pick him up, so he just kept walking, all the way out. He covered quite a bit of territory. I forget the number of miles. Not everyone is physically capabable of course. But it was a moving testamant nonetheless. FRegards....