"The worst thing about going through a hurricane would be

[milestogo]

if you had to go to one of those community shelters with a bunch of cots" said my co-worker.

"What's so terrible about having a place to go that's warm and safe and dry? I asked.

"Its the people there - so dirty and walking around stealing everything. I would demand that my husband take me to a hotel."

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. I know some homeless people, most of them are far more trustworthy

and decent than for instance ANY republican I know.

[milestogo]

2. My first thought was anyone could end up in one of those shelters if

their plans to evacuate fell through. I would expect to see my neighbors. It wouldn't even occur to me that people taking refuge were going to steal from me... because I don't think people going to a shelter bring a whole lot with them. And I don't assume that people needing help are somehow immoral, which this person apparently does.

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. Reminds me of Mama Bush and her stupid comments.

All cons, all of them...they are all on the wrong side of absolutely everything.

[Awsi Dooger]

5. Exactly

Annoyed that she might have to reschedule a parlor appointment

[MFM008]

4. Im scared of high winds

Oh and earthquakes.....

[dewsgirl]

6. I think people may have the wrong idea about shelters. I personally

haven't, I do know many people that have. Rich, poor, black, white, young, old there is quite a mix of evacuees. I have probably been evacuated at least 20 times in my life, I have never heard of any criminal issues. Most folks are nervous and anxious about their homes and pets/families/friends/neighbors.......and getting out ASAP to assess the damage.

[Hortensis]

7. Neighbors in Florida, a retired couple, took their

5-year-old granddaughter to a shelter because her parents, both healthcare professionals, were on emergency duty at their hospitals. Oh, and because they all lived an older modestly middle class area within a block of the water.

They spent 3 days in a clean and decently run shelter while their granddaughter played with the other children and they chatted with others and read. They are sensible, hard-working people who are accustomed to living in a nice, very clean, and well maintained home, and when I asked they had no complaints. They'd stay there again.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. Just talked to someone this morning in a class I'm taking

who is a Red Cross volunteer, who's being deployed tomorrow to help out in NC. She will be staying in a shelter along with the people who have had to leave their homes. She didn't seem to be at all worried about staying in a shelter. She'll be there for three weeks. I really admire her, and to hell with a spoiled snowflakes who would insist on staying in a hotel - which probably wouldn't be available anyhow.