Grace, Just my thoughts and experience with D/R "fun". Take you own water,gas and food. Sometimes that stuff is in short, I mean very short supply. If there even is any. When there is no electricity that normally means no water pumps, also hits on sewer systems unless someone uses a cesspool. Yes, there is state and federal aid. However that also takes awhile to get rolling. My state says be self-sustaining for 72hrs. That's a long time after a major disaster- tornado, hurricane, flood, fire, whatever. Sometimes help is across the state, in Texas that could be 500 miles.
It could be weeks or months before all services come back online.
Thank goodness for the people who come out to help in the time of need in the first few hours before "official" help can get there.
Sorry for the long answer.
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