Today has gone well so far working the POD except we're running out of food and ice. Hopefully our shipment arrives today. I'm not all that optimistic though given the poor response of the government throughout most of this disaster. I got to run the forklift again today and was even complimented on how I got a pallet out of a pretty tight, winding path. This is too much fun. Maybe I should work in a warehouse. :)

I just finished having lunch with a couple residents, both who lived in Waveland south of the tracks and no longer have any home left. They both had good insurance but have been given the runaround about how the damage was caused by something that wasn't covered. One has not gotten a trailer and one did, but it was the wrong kind because she's handicapped and she hasn't gotten a replacement after 5 days now. Thus, she and her granddaughter are living in her van. The trailers are not really designed for people with poor mobility. That seems to be an issue here as several elderly have fallen getting out of their trailers.

There's also a concern about whether the house of cards that is the rebuilding of the coast will come crashing down. There just is not enough resources available to do this. The one resident, a college professor, was telling me about the huge flooding in 1927 and how banks were forced to give out loans to farmers and how that contributed to the Great Depression. I'm not sure how much truth there is to that, but I have been wondering just how this can possibly be financed. So many organizations have lost so much money and the government certainly doesn't have the funds. It's hard not to be concerned.

Better get back to work.