A good number of the citizens that stayed probably had little to no choice: the children, the hospital patients, those with no car and not enough money to drive far enough away or anywhere to drive to and stay.
Some people I'm sure just went, "ffft, hurricane, happens all the time, no big deal," but it's rather unfair to say someone who was struggling just to catch up on rent and bills and couldn't afford hotels or a bus ticket, or an eight year old whose parents didn't leave for whatever reasons, "brought it on themselves".
There's a reason so many of the people left behind are poor, and it's not that poverty and stupidity go together. Sorry, but I feel like it needs saying.
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Date: 2005-09-04 07:04 am (UTC)Some people I'm sure just went, "ffft, hurricane, happens all the time, no big deal," but it's rather unfair to say someone who was struggling just to catch up on rent and bills and couldn't afford hotels or a bus ticket, or an eight year old whose parents didn't leave for whatever reasons, "brought it on themselves".
There's a reason so many of the people left behind are poor, and it's not that poverty and stupidity go together. Sorry, but I feel like it needs saying.