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Oct 02, 2022, 02:52 PM
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Member Since: Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
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Originally Posted by divine1966
Very true. I think about it all the time. How do you evacuate if you have no resources???
Completely unrelated situation but I thought of people in Russia who drive, walk, bike to Kazakhstan, Georgia and Mongolia to escape draft and how they often have to give bribes to Russian police and recruiters if they get stopped. But what if one has nothing? No money for bribes? No money to feed themselves as some walk to the borders for like 3 days.
Same here with hurricanes. No car? No money for gas. No money for hotel. No money to stock up your pantry. What happens to those people???? Who takes care of them?
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I always wonder about it. When we were having the terrible wildfires a couple of years ago we were constantly being warned that we'd have to evacuate. Well, I decided that I just wouldn't. It was out of the question. I have 5 cats and a 2002 car that is a dear thing, but certainly not reliable. No money for all that gas, and sure none for a hotel! I never heard a peep about what to do if you don't have a bank account with thousands in it, a new, reliable car, and provisions for your pets.
My son and DIL were just in Georgia (the country) for 2 weeks. He said that Russians are generally disliked in Georgia because they take advantage of the lower prices in Georgia by bargaining to pay less for higher quality, and that Russians look down on Georgians and mistreat them, which of course, Georgians resent.
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