On folks who stay
Sep. 2nd, 2005 06:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jhetleyFor that government guy who likes to blame the victims....
Even with people who _had_ the means to get the hell out of Dodge, there remains an aspect of human nature deep enough to have earned its own cautionary fable. It's called "The Boy Who Cried Wolf."
The Gulf states have hurricanes. Every year. And every year, people are told to evacuate and storms turn aside or turn out to be survivable. After a while, you shrug. "Hey, I've lived through hurricanes before. Had one just two years ago. I'll stay."
Then there really _is_ a wolf, and some of the folks don't believe you....
Even with people who _had_ the means to get the hell out of Dodge, there remains an aspect of human nature deep enough to have earned its own cautionary fable. It's called "The Boy Who Cried Wolf."
The Gulf states have hurricanes. Every year. And every year, people are told to evacuate and storms turn aside or turn out to be survivable. After a while, you shrug. "Hey, I've lived through hurricanes before. Had one just two years ago. I'll stay."
Then there really _is_ a wolf, and some of the folks don't believe you....
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Date: 2005-09-02 04:40 pm (UTC)Look around. You have to leave. What do you save?
*NOW*, add in that you're poor and think about how long it will take to replace even half the stuff you had to leave behind.
If you stay, *maybe* you can rescue some of it. It's not a lot, and it's not pretty, but it's all you have.