Just another question for American Citizens

@TheHorse The same can be said for anone who's been through it before. All we can do is prepare for the worst and hope for the best. Each person needs to decide what that risk is and if they can safely leave, they will. The point is to remain calm, stay aware but not panic. Stay alert, but remain calm. For example, George and I have developed a method of shopping that ensures we're ahead on stables we'll need for the upcoming storm. We put solar pannals on our home to minimize power loss.We likely will looose power but we'll have power during the day to run fans, and the fridge. I just rder more groceries so we'd have something for the storm. I have more bottled water then I know what to do with and in the event of damage, I'll use that to flush George's tube instead of tap. I'm always thinking about how we'd pack in the event we do decide we need to leave. how much tube food we'd need. It's wise to think smart. I don't think that's being over confident. People are taking this storm seriously, just like we do any other.

I just don't get why the US is constantly helping other countries when we have so many homeless that need help, that is one thing that has been around since before 1970 yet no president has ever done anything about. Well, maybe Woodrow Wilson tried but that's about it

But as one MyLotter said, some Floridians get "over-confident" abut their ability to ride out hurricanes.

I'll have to check out your post. The only light I can shed on this is that the current US admin would rather help foreign countries then their own. I have to wonder if this is Bidens idea or if he's being manipulated by Harris and others.

Good grief! I don't like Harris or Trump but I'd rather have Trump in office than Harris, she's one scary broad. I wish the Native American tribal leaders would run for president, they'd get my vote in a heartbeat

@rebelann I would have to say a little of both if you ask me cause I watched when he was sitting in the chair writing off all trumps orders he had in place & he said what am I doing & Harris said "just sign it, don't worry about it"

Yes, that makes prefect sense.

Neither can I

@rebelann I cannot understand why they do this.

So those $145 million tax dollars are a bribe of sorts you think?

@rebelann I hate to venture a guess.

I have the opinion that our congress should have millions set aside for aid to our regions that get hit with wildfires and hurricanes before giving it away to foreign countries, all of it is OUR tax dollars.

If I'm not mistaken, which I could very well be, FEMA doesn't do anything for wildlife or their habitats do they?

@rebelann They did. FEMA is funded.

Yeah, our government has a lot of tax dollars to play with yet they do nothing for our homeless.

I have to wonder why that is, I've never heard of any country helping us in our times of need like right now with the situation with all those hurricanes or over the last few years with the wildfires in the west.

@rebelann The US feels like it has to be the big power who helps everyone else. Other countries probably don't have the $ to help someone else.

Thank you. I hope our president will do more to help those victims of the hurricanes

Te current administration has done a great job of getting resources to the South. It's one of those rare times when you see people thanking each other "across the aisle." Republican Governors are thanking our Democratic president for being on top of things.

I agree but apparently Biden doesn't agree. Can you recall if he did anything to help with those devastating wildfires?

I've never voted for democrats or republicans @TheHorse Neither does much for the real needs of our country as a whole, it's not just about humans, wildlife and their habitats are sadly overlooked and then we complain that we so many species that are either endangered or have gone extinct, those wild habitats are necessary if we want to be able to breath in the future

@rebelann LOL! I assume you're being ironic. But you do remember when Trump came to Paradise and called it "Pleasant," or something like that? It as pathetic. And he was still "President" then. My friend lost everything in that fire, including his Martin D-28 guitar. I helped him buy a new one. Many residents of Paradise were Conservative and actually voted for Trump in 2016. But not so much in 2020.

If only our governments would stay out of other countries problems, we have enough of our own

@rebelann - I fully agree with you, they stick their nose in other countries problems and ignore the local problems.

It's all so mind boggling

Don't hold your breath though, with all the attempts to get even with the human race I doubt anything will be easy as time goes by. Heck, even here the record heat we had this past June through September almost killed a few of my trees, my water bills were well over $100 just to keep them alive

It's finally cooler now, today we'll only get up to maybe 89f then back into the low 90s by Friday, thank heavens the triples are gone.

@rebelann Our October heatwave continues.

There's also the needs people displaced have, many could become homeless.

@rebelann That is true.

Thank you for that. I have to agree with you as it is a matter of pride for those countries as well.

It makes me wonder why our countries never clean up the messes within before helping others

I can not recall Lebanon or others ever helping when it is needed

@rebelann I don't know, but it seems we must help if we want to be helped when needed it.