[scottmandue]

I have told this story before but it bears repeating.
My friend moved to Kauai a short time before the big hurricane hit.
Everything was wiped out, no electricity, no water, windows blown out, roofs blown off.
The locals pulled together, dug each other out, shared food and shelter.
A year later everything was pretty much rebuilt.
All this on a tiny island two thousand miles away from the nearest continent.