"B A R R Y" wrote in message
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I think Americans everywhere are tougher than they realize.

Look at the people who simply show up unorganized from 100's of miles
away to help at a disaster like Katrina and 9/11.

Motivational stuff, guys, and I hope it's true.

My cousin who lives in Gulfport (refuses to leave because she works with
animals there) said that the first responders after Katrina were the good
ol' rebel flag types from upstate who came down in pickup trucks loaded with
food, water, shovels, etc. Then she had a knock on her door; it was a
National Guard humvee distributing MREs, more or less without official
orders. Like the heroes of New Orleans--the US Coast Guard helicopter
crews--they didn't waste time waiting for the bureaucracy to give them
permission to mobilize. There's glory in that.

-c