"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:cOKTe.91515$084.4965@attbi_s22...

It must be very limiting to be so tied to the land that you can't let go.

One of the greatest feelings of freedom I've experienced was when I
realized
that "home" was a state of mind, and not a place.

I see what you're saying, but a lot of these folks don't have much. They
don't have much in the way of resources, so they hold on dearly to what they
do have, even if it's just memories or a "feeling" of home. I believe one of
the biggest failures of the emergency response to this catastrophy is
governments (local and federal) not understanding the issues of evacuating
people of little means.

Also, about home not being a place, I don't believe kids think like that.
Moving anywhere is downright traumatic to all but the youngest of them.
We've got refugees, excuse me, evacuees, here in NC and several are kids of
elementary school age. It's got to be really scary for them to lose all that
they have known, living in a shelter and to have no friends. Kids need
security and as hard as it is for adults to go through this, it is 10 times
harder for the kids.

-Trent
PP-ASEL