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Canoe52

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21. i totally agree with you, I've been there also,

Reply to PatSeg (Reply #12)

Sun Sep 16, 2018, 02:24 PM

Sep 2018

The poverty can be crushing and then have to deal with a disaster situation? Leave town? my car barely made it across town, Stock up? By the end of the week if I didn’t get paid on Friday, we didn’t have food for next week.

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Poverty and surviving a hurricane: [View all] kpete Sep 2018 OP

That is some gorgeous prose about hard reality. femmedem Sep 2018 #1

KNR Thank you! Lucinda Sep 2018 #2

"....Jim Cantore does not come for poverty..." ewagner Sep 2018 #3

One of the hardest hit counties in the State. KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2018 #4

K & R mountain grammy Sep 2018 #5

I was attempting to respond to you with this post but coffee...? Autumn Sep 2018 #8

I tried to make that point on Friday in a post criticizing people who didn't evacuate. Pacifist Patriot Sep 2018 #6

yes - thank you for that thread - it was eye opening for me rurallib Sep 2018 #9

Yes PatSeg Sep 2018 #12

Yes of course.. mountain grammy Sep 2018 #15

If I were able to fill up my gas tank, PatSeg Sep 2018 #24

Exactly. It's a terrifying choice mountain grammy Sep 2018 #30

Oh yes PatSeg Sep 2018 #32

i totally agree with you, I've been there also, Canoe52 Sep 2018 #21

The idea of stocking up PatSeg Sep 2018 #25

Part of the problem catrose Sep 2018 #26

Its true PatSeg Sep 2018 #27

"The fancy resorts get restored at taxpayer expense but the working class communities never Autumn Sep 2018 #7

+1 dalton99a Sep 2018 #10

+1000 mountain grammy Sep 2018 #13

She posted this impressive article at medium.com bobbieinok Sep 2018 #11

This is required reading for the orange sh*t and his administration pazzyanne Sep 2018 #14

Giving this another kick. Can't get enough exposure. mountain grammy Sep 2018 #16

Moving. This is why 3000 poor people in Puerto Rico died, MineralMan Sep 2018 #17

damned Calvinists Grasswire2 Sep 2018 #34

Kick oasis Sep 2018 #18

K&R Andy823 Sep 2018 #19

Tremendously illuminating. Something we all need to read calimary Sep 2018 #20

Thank you for posting this MustLoveBeagles Sep 2018 #22

K&R Solly Mack Sep 2018 #23

KnR! Canoe52 Sep 2018 #28

K&R Scurrilous Sep 2018 #29

These are the words that match the photo that went viral of Robert Simmons & his kitty mnhtnbb Sep 2018 #31

K&R Eko Sep 2018 #33