We've survived tornadoes-- the Tri-State Tornado of 1925 also devastated the region-- mine disasters, flooding from the Mississippi, Ohio and Wabash rivers and earthquakes, so we'll survive this, too. So far, much of the help has been of the 'neighbor helping neighbor' variety, plus the Red Cross, Catholic Relief Services, and American Baptist Home Missions, the later three organizations having regional offices. Others will come-- Gov. Quinn will be here today, e.g.-- and the wheels of governmental machinery will slowly grind into life.
Surprisingly (to outsiders, at least), few people here are in organized shelters. Virtually all who were left homeless by yesterday's tornadoes have been taken in by family, friends and neighbors. We are poor people here, overall, and the old saying that 'poor people are the most generous' is demonstrably true in 'Egypt'. When you have little yourself, you truly understand what it means to your neighbor, when he loses everything, no matter how little that may have been.
We've survived worse and recovered, and we will again.
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