Trump supporter evacuated from Oroville dam: 'I feel like a refugee'

[Judi Lynn]

Trump supporter evacuated from Oroville dam: 'I feel like a refugee'

When Sam Lyon fled with his family he was sheltered by a Sikh temple in Sacramento. His experience gave him new insight into the president’s travel ban

Alan Yuhas in Sacramento
@alanyuhas
Tuesday 14 February 2017 18.56 EST



Since his family evacuated on Sunday on orders from officials fearful that the spillways of the Oroville dam would break, Sam Lyon said he has sometimes felt “like a refugee in my own country”.

The 38-year-old from Olivehurst, California, was angry on Tuesday that state officials had not done more to provide aid to the 180,000 people ordered to the roads..

The Lyons had taken refuge in west Sacramento, where volunteers at the Gurdwara Sahib Sikh Temple opened their doors to about 250 people at the evacuation’s peak.

“They took us in. We had nowhere to go,” Lyon said. “Anything I can do to return that 10,000 fold, I would.”

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/14/trump-supporter-evacuated-oroville-dam-sikh-temple-shelter

[truebluegreen]

1. Well well: another rightie gets it...

after it affects him, personally.

I think that is the only thing that works. Do you think we could set up empathy boot camps?...otoh compelling re-education is not a good plan.

Maybe more climate change disasters will help.

[metroins]

3. Read the article

He didn't actually get it.

[truebluegreen]

4. Boy he didn't did he?

I take it back: nothing works with these people.

[Lotusflower70]

2. Seriously?

That's just so damn ignorant. I am sick and tired of these stupid people acting like victims. An evacuation is a horrible thing but not on the same level of being a refugee. There is still a home to go back to.

[3catwoman3]

5. He is 38 years old, and 2016 was...

...the first time he voted? Shame on him - twice!!

[2naSalit]

6. Oh the irony! nt