i think how our gvt handled Katrina is what made me go in to preservation mode....i saw that trusting in them to help in an emergency was crazy.... and decided to take things in to my own hands, began my own emergency kit for matt and me....with food, water, and sundries....
we moved up here because we wanted to get away from Boston and New York City, which we were living between the 2....and we both worked in NYC a few times a year, going to market there.... 911 scared the pajesus out of us, we could have been in the trade center that day, but by chance we were on vacation.... we both feel like we were given a second chance at life and it was about time we began living it, smelling the roses so to say, so that's what we did....got out of the fast lane.