ChucktownStormer wrote:I make pretty decent money and have a healthy emergency fund, so it was merely an inconvenience. If you live on a fixed income or you're poor and don't have any family nearby, what are you going to do?
Sometimes there are other reasons too. One of my mother's best friends lives in Panama City. She certainly has the financial resources to evac. But she's quite elderly, and broke her leg recently and is in a nursing home. What does she do? My mom lost the number for the nursing home so we don't know. Maybe she figured a way out and maybe she didn't. But if she didn't it's not because she's stupid or irresponsible. She's just limited.