I have experienced a couple of major disasters in my life - two hurricanes when I lived in Hawaii in 1982 (Iwa) and again in 1992 (Iniki). Unfortunately, my family was not well prepared for both of those events and the aftermath was a real struggle, especially Iniki which was a Category 5 storm and knocked out power on Kauai for months. The community was very resilient, however and everyone helped each other to recover, sharing food and other resources. I remember we had a generator and we let our neighbor use it to power his refrigerator at night to keep his perishable food fresh. Honestly, once all the perishable food was gone, if it wasn't for the military passing out MRE's, there were some days that we might not have eaten very much.
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I have experienced a couple of major disasters in my life - two hurricanes when I lived in Hawaii in 1982 (Iwa) and again in 1992 (Iniki). Unfortunately, my family was not well prepared for both of those events and the aftermath was a real struggle, especially Iniki which was a Category 5 storm and knocked out power on Kauai for months. The community was very resilient, however and everyone helped each other to recover, sharing food and other resources. I remember we had a generator and we let our neighbor use it to power his refrigerator at night to keep his perishable food fresh. Honestly, once all the perishable food was gone, if it wasn't for the military passing out MRE's, there were some days that we might not have eaten very much.