Lessons learned in Self-suffiency. Sandy and Katrina

[s/v Beth]

As I watch hurricanes or major storms from a distance, it always seems easy to "monday morning quarterback" and say this should of happened or that should of happened. What is happening to individuals concerns me most. It seems like there is always a group of people- not of any particular background- that sits down and waits to be rescued. This group always tends to do worse than the ones that: prepare with what they have and then get out and get busy afterwards.
Sometimes, when all electricity, food, and shelter is gone this may mean walking or driving to another place, in other words, becoming refugees. To others, esp sailors, it might mean working to get your boat in full order, and living on your own "island" until civilization is restored.
As a survival instructor, I taught kids how to live if everything had been taken away. I would like to hear how you guys did it after the storms took away your home, or your town. How did you find shelter, get food, hold yourself and your family together? I am not voyeuristic as much as interested so I can learn the lessons through you and pass it on to my kids...