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Those who chose to stay....
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A mother and her infant have already been killed. I don’t know why people do it.
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”
Wiser words were never spoken.  RE: Those who chose to stay....
September 14, 2018 at 3:59 pm
(This post was last modified: September 14, 2018 at 4:01 pm by Angrboda.)
For some, they just don't have the resources or the ability to leave. I don't know to what extent that applies to Florence and North Carolina, but in situations like New Orleans, many remained because they didn't have cars or had no place to go. Even if the obstacles toward evacuating are not prohibitive, they can be substantially burdensome enough, both resource wise as well as emotionally, to discourage evacuation and encourage riding it out. To say nothing of the effectiveness of denial in convincing people they have little or nothing to lose by remaining. And then there's the issue of people feeling protective of their homes, as well as feeling safer in them than leaving them. It's not always a cut and dried affair.
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You make wise points, Jor. It's just frustrating when you hear about people who could have left, who had the resources to leave, but didn't want to go. I understand and sympathize with those who can't go. But for those who can - shame on them for their selfish thinking.
Property can be replaced. That's what insurance is for. Lives, however, cannot and I just wish that people would use their damn heads. Disclaimer: I am only responsible for what I say, not what you choose to understand.
Sadly, not everyone can afford to pack up and leave.
I get that and stated my position on it. My gripe isn't with those people. It's with those who CAN leave, yet chose not to.
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