The fire in the grass roots

Last night Larry and Glenn came down to talk to us. It's a wonder how people survive in a world where the governments are run the way they to. In some ways its a test on the human experience to survive under such trying conditions. Larry grew up, since the middle of third grade, in Pearlington. Having weather every storm since, he stayed in the NASA centers near the town. A month later, he came to find that the school had been gone and people had been using it as a community gathering focal point since the disaster. Having no experience in emergency effots, he applied with the county to use the school grounds as recovery center, and started taking case loads from there. The town was charged by FEMA for loans. Meaning that even the help they did apply for was expected, by the government, to be paid back. The town, already poor, is working its way slowly out of debt. Glenn saw the need for housing (the habitat for humanity houses require people to pay back them back with a 2% low intrest, this town however has no one who is qualified to apply due to poor credit or lack of being able to pay back the loans), came down with the intention of a few weeks. Two years later he's still here pluggin' as they say. Through it all, you just find yourself relating to the town. You can see yourself in the teacher you help paint thier shutters, or the old woman's yard you pick up. Family is all around it seems, even this far from home.