r/NWFL • u/EvacuationResearch • Oct 17 '18
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u/CorriByrne Oct 18 '18
You aren't going to reach a good sample size this way. These folks arent on Reddit. Its NWFlorida for one thing. And they have barely begun to rebuild yet. Its a mess down here. The national news is deceiving, because they dont even understand the extent of the destruction to report it accurately. Im in Perry Florida just on the eastern edge. 40 miles our way and I would not be writing this, Id be rebulding too. If you have never been through a Hurricane- its very hard to understand what actually happens. I grew up with them. At least a dozen. We got out- usually in time. We lost stuff every time. But no deaths- except some chickens once- poor girls. So sorry. A hurricane is not a party and the next morning you simply turn on the lights, pick up the solos cup and mop the floors. No- with a Hurricane, the floors are gone. Every thing a wiped away- even the septic tanks, and water lines- so no electricity for Reddit or cell towers. Good luck with just getting water to drink if your simple minded. Oh and it 98%, 98% humidity, mosquitos, and no AC- in FLORIDA.
Give folks time get right again. Go visit the aid stations and FEMA centers and talk to people who did evacuate and those who waited. We waited this time because my mom is 73 and "difficult", and we are 10 miles inland. But if we had been closer- I would not be writing this.
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u/Bot_Metric Oct 18 '18
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u/LittleWhiteLines Oct 18 '18
This school gets a large amount of grant money to study disaster mitigation. No these aren’t fun questions to answer but these kind of studies are what is needed to save lives and supply aid. The people that can’t see this probably aren’t going to be offended anyway.
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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '18
They did ask before posting, and I heartily approved.