[Eracer]

I remember 1986, when hurricane Elena was headed towards the coast on a track that took it over Gainesville. I was at the supermarket, stocking up on batteries, water, canned food, etc., and there was a huge hippo in line ahead of me, with five kids in tow, each pushing a shopping cart full of food. Most of it was frozen food - ice cream sandwiches, Hot Pockets, pizza, steak, etc. - and as she pulled out a wad of food stamps to pay for it all I wondered: How the hell has it come to this? Can she afford a generator to keep all that stuff cold? Or is she just plain stupid? And how stupid are we to keep paying for that?