According to today's news, half a million people have been evacuated from their homes in southern California because of the out-of-control wildfires there.
I have several questions about these evacuees:
Where do you put 500,000 people? That's a small city's worth!
Surely the Red Cross and YMCA's don't have enough room for all of them.
Where do half a million refugees do laundry?
How do you feed half a million people, and who pays for that?
Where do 500,000 people go to the bathroom? I know they are not all in one place...still that's a lot of toilets needed.
How long will a family have to wait, typically, before they are allowed
to return to their homes - if they still have homes? If their homes are destoyed, what then? Even if their houses are insured, it will take several months at least, may more than a year, to rebuild.
If, for example, 2000 homes are destroyed by fire, how do the insurance companies absorb such a heavy cost? Are insurance payments delayed when a disaster is this widespread?
Thanks for your responses.
I have several questions about these evacuees:
Where do you put 500,000 people? That's a small city's worth!
Surely the Red Cross and YMCA's don't have enough room for all of them.
Where do half a million refugees do laundry?
How do you feed half a million people, and who pays for that?
Where do 500,000 people go to the bathroom? I know they are not all in one place...still that's a lot of toilets needed.
How long will a family have to wait, typically, before they are allowed
to return to their homes - if they still have homes? If their homes are destoyed, what then? Even if their houses are insured, it will take several months at least, may more than a year, to rebuild.
If, for example, 2000 homes are destroyed by fire, how do the insurance companies absorb such a heavy cost? Are insurance payments delayed when a disaster is this widespread?
Thanks for your responses.