First, I'm on the low end of the economic food chain.

And it may be amusing to poke fun at people who are better off than some of us. OTOH, some of the people here aren't exactly living in The Projects. (If that term is still in use)

There are people from all income brackets that are nothing but a PITA. It's due to mindset and training, not income level.

With Katrina, we saw people in new $30,000 SUVs complaining about the lack of handouts. We heard of poor people who wouldn't leave their 26 dogs behind. (Why does a poor person need 26 dogs?)

Stupidity, greed, the it-won't-happen-to-me mindset, the ones who refuse to prepare come from all income brackets from one extreme to the other.

If a wealthier person can afford to buy and run a nice China Diesel generator, and store fuel for it, would you refuse their offer of refrigeration/power if a family member were diabetic or on an oxygen machine?

So.... are you saying that the well-off shouldn't prepare?

And aren't we being just a bit supercilious?


Sue