With our power restored here on Big Pine Key, Fl I'm just getting caught up on the boards. Funny thing, most of the poor me, help me stories seem to come from the more urban areas of the mainland. Keys residents took a great deal of flooding that the mainland didn't see and all of the wind damage the mainland had. Only 5-10% of residents evaced. I have yet to hear ANY whining about how the government hasn't been there for us.
Prep is a way of life on these islands and those without the where with all to help themselves are helped by there neighbors. Storms and all this is damn great place to live.