Before you ask why storm victims didn’t evacuate despite warnings of an approaching hurricane, please consider that many folks don’t have cars, have no family or friends to stay with, can’t afford gasoline or hotels, don’t dare risk losing their jobs if they can’t return in time, can’t safely evacuate their elderly loved ones, won’t leave without their pets, or have legitimate health concerns about staying in shelters. Poor shaming them during and after a catastrophe is not a good look. #Helene
@cassandra17lina People often like to blame the victims of these circumstances, because it feels better when the people deserved to receive suffering instead of compassion.
It's great when you're stuck someplace with doom bearing down on you that you can't get away from and people call you stupid, too.
@cassandra17lina
Thank you for reminding me. I catch myself saying "I don't know why people keep living there" but the answer is they have little choice, even in good weather. Goes for the rest of the country too. A lot of people are stuck.
So what I need to do is:
Donate to credible assistance agencies.
Keep hounding legislators about climate change.
Hound them about poverty-enforcing policies.
Remember that many will lose everything.
@cassandra17lina Ask The Residents Of Naples Italy Which Is Worse… VESUVIUS/
Campi Flegrei Erupting OR Evacuation ….Just The Notion Of Evacuating Has Most Of Them On Anxiety Meds ….The Modern World We All Live In Is NOT Set Up To Handle Disasters …& Methinks That Might Need Addressing…Or The Potential Lost Of Life …….Accepted …That Said I Agree Cassandra …
@cassandra17lina Yes. 100% this.