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P.S. I don’t care how poor I was, I sure as Hell’s Bells would not have ended up at the SuperDome, esp. not pushing my old father in wheelchair, wailing in surprise that the pharmacies are closed and he needs insulin!

I cared for my father until his death and he was on an oxygen machine in his later years. He lived in a place where trees were always bringing down powerlines during a storm — and if the electricity went out, he only had so much bottled O2 on hand.

We had every kind of plan in place to evacuate him or otherwise deal with a potential power outage, and these situations were NOTHING compared to watching on TV as Katrina barrelled down on the Gulf.

During the recent tornado outbreaks here in N. AL, I learned a lot. No one in this city ever expected all of the power lines bringing power here would be destroyed. I had flashlights and candles but did not have any extra fuel for my lamps. After power was restored, I went online and ordered lanterns——3 of them. I am keeping 2 and giving one to my grandson. I got all my emergency supplies and put them in a box so I would know the next time where everything was. I may never need it but at least I am more prepared now than before. My only source for news were a portable radio and my cell phone. A local radio station went to full time coverage of weather news. They let people know where ice was, where emergency supplies were, people called in letting people know what was needed and where. The people responded in an amazing way. I have to give WDRM a lot of credit for the service they provided during those days. I will never forget the response some people said. They told the fed. gov’t to just get out of the way so they could do the job that was needed.