[rock58seg]

Seems those D@mnYankees in Vermont are a lot smarter than Gulfcoast Southerners. Their little catchphrase is, "Buy a view and inherit the wind."

Granted sitting there looking across U.S. 90 at the Gulf on a cloudless day is real relaxing. If you don't have insurance that covers the various contingencies of a hurricane, wind damage, falling water and rising water, you're no better off than someone who would live in a hole in the ground with no preparation.

Of course he used a FEMA trailer, but he got his family out of it also, at the earliest possible time. Didn't he? The federal assistance is there to be used. No-one is denigrating anyone for using what was available. The problem is the additional whining and Begging/Extortion that is off-putting.

[CobaltBlue]

No-one is denigrating anyone for using what was available. The problem is the additional whining and Begging/Extortion that is off-putting.

I just came back from a trip to Biloxi and New Orleans.

I have family and friends in all kinds of situations. I don't know a single person who suffered no damage at all.

My family has lived in the region of the Gulf of Mexico for almost 300 years, so I hope you will give me credence when I say that this is simply unprecedented.

I've seen and experienced many a hurricane in my time, including Betsy and Camille, and my mother and her generation experienced Audrey and the unnamed hurricane of 1946. My grandparents generation, the unnamed hurricane of 1906 (28 ft. storm surge in Dauphin Island.)

Me, I learned my lesson. I live in Virginia.

Leave all that aside. You, me, and everyone we know are on the hook to save these people, feckless or not, one way or the other. No matter what you believe, it will happen.

If all you want to do is complain, feel free. Me, I want to minimize the bottom line.

[rock58seg]

And I just read your latest posts. Is arrogance and Smarminess your usual demeanor?