How do the people of Oregon feel about the Marines and the military at large? Just wondering...
“How do the people of Oregon feel about the Marines and the military at large? Just wondering...”
In the huge floods south of Seattle last November the main reaction I saw is how folks helped each other out. While Seattle is very liberal, the flood area is rural and farming community. One farmer from the other end of the state came down on his vacation with his family and they just found some farmer to help for the week.
I was in a store and one guy was joking with the other about when he was going to help him dig out from all the mud. The other guy laughed and said something like as long as I can use your shovel ‘cuz I wore mine out. Then in seriousness said “I’m almost done at my place, so I can come over and give you a hand”. The other farmer replied “Nah - I was just teasing. Actually this week is “clean the tools” week - but maybe next week I’ll be digging and could use your help.”
It was AMAZING to see these guys in good humor. There was 2 to 3 feet of mud everywhere, and I’m sure that much of their properties and livelyhood had been destroyed. Even nearby farmers that had equipment had a hard time getting it to folks that needed help. But they were helping each other to get it done.
One of the news articles had some guy saying about FEMA - “that will be great once we get a FEMA check that can help us rebuild, but digging out has to happen NOW and no way can the government do it faster than we can ourselves.”
The difference between rural and metropolitan oregon and their poltical views, is almost like 2 different countries.
But the Metro Areas far outweigh the rural in population.