<font color="blue">Ok. I’m trying this another way. . . Since I lost the post after trying my best to explain some more stuff going on.

Sigh. I was going to try and post some pics of the area.. Not up to that yet.. Might miss some as they are going to begin debris pick up…

Right after the hurricane, only 16 traffic signals worked… out of how many thousand? People didn’t bother to stop.. Or were in such a daze they didn’t see an intersection? Ppl like that shouldn’t be out driving! (and now they are working?) Four way stopping is called for, but I even saw a cop roll on through an intersection where others were waiting their turn..

The shelters are closing. The very few that were opened, that is. For a few million ppl who needed to evacuate, only a few thousand were able to find a Red Cross shelter.. And now they are closing them, slowly (many are in schools.) The ARC made no back up plans for alternate shelters , long term. The people are out on the street. Others need a shelter now after the storm. . . As their apartment complexes are being condemned (unsafe)… and there is no shelter for them to live in. Their stuff is piled on the sidewalks, also out on the street. Mind you, these are not the homeless, poor, ignorant etc… everyone becomes the same after a storm. It could be you or me… wait … in Andrew it WAS me! All the money in the world won’t help if there’s nothing to buy. ANYWAY the ARC says they will open more shelters IF they see a need. HUH? Someone buy them glasses!

The churches and the Salvation Army continue to feed in mass feedings. FEMA has dropped the ball, as usual the “government” can’t handle this type of thing and appears to be incapable of learning. You must have 3 days of survival supplies and mentality for any crisis… where you can live all by yourself safely… don’t rely upon anyone or anything…. I planned for 2 weeks and was doing ok…. (But I am seriously considering buying a whole-house backup generator.)

I have just found out that my church is damaged. (Coral Ridge Presbyterian in FT Lauderdale.) I can’t go see; I can’t handle that thought, even. They called and left a message. I can’t imagine the members are all being called with information.. I mean, the church has thousands of members! I appreciated the message.. A real person, too, not automated. Sigh. I’m guessing God is giving them the wherewithal to do this?

Oh, the ice that companies make these days doesn’t last. “You would think” that if they are going to give out ice that is for survival, they would make it like they used to …so it lasts a few days? Not, guess it’s cheaper to make it nearly hollow on either end… still fills the bag .. But you need more of it more often and pay more?

Oh… two of the companies that FEMA used to supply and distribute water… well the water is contaminated! Now, how are ppl who are living without power and now without batteries if they had them in the first place… how are they, who spent days in line for basic help.. Supposed to know the water the government handed out might kill them, or make them very, very sick????

There’s more… I post so maybe YOU will be more prepared when disaster hits you… it seems everyone gets hit by something.

TC