Re: What, no one is interested in watching the corn grow?


"Barbara Carlson" <bbcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Yes, but if they have a home that is repairable (as one man with a
> lovely home and possessions had) they don't want to leave because
> they are afraid what they have left will be looted and/or
> destroyed. After Andrew we had to be sure someone was at home all
> the time to protect the property. Now the ones who have nothing
> left, I can't understand why they won't leave, but if there is
> anything worth salvaging they have good reason not to abandon it!
> And don't tell me that the people in doing cleanup won't help
> themselves given the chance--at least some of them. If they
> forced me to leave I would take pictures of everything and
> threaten a law suit if I returned and found anything missing.
> Believe me, if you managed to save things from the storm you don't
> want to lose what is left!
>
A lot of those people who resist evacuation don't have nice homes
and certainly don't have a camera to take pictures of everything.
They just want to hang on to what's left of the life they know, the
community in which they've lived for much of their lives, and the
place they know. Many have never been on an airplane or traveled
more than a hundred miles from home. Being hauled off to points
unknown is going to seem to them the same as if you or I were told
that we were going to be evacuated to someplace in China. Even the
folks who have nothing left at all have the hope of staying with
their local community, with friends and with relatives. It may not
be a realistic hope, but people aren't ready to give it up.

Eliyahu


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