Guest guest Posted September 22, 2005 Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 Life following the hurricane Katrina is mostly back to normal for our part of Mississippi. Our electricity returned on day 10; the phone company repaired the broken line on day 17; on day 31 the insurance adjuster is scheduled to come see the damage and let us know what they will do. We hear many stories that insurance companies are refusing to pay for one excuse or another and the state insurance commissioner is siding with them, saying if the state makes them pay, the companies will leave the state altogether. Some people got some Red Cross money, some got FEMA money; it's randomly distributed among people who are well enough to stand in line in sweltering degree heat. We still have some MRE - meals ready to eat - that say they are vegetarian. The cheese tortellini tastes much better than rotini with vegetables we first tried. The veggie burger seems to be a square Griller in KC Masterpiece BBQ sauce. Several items in the food pack are vegan, but it's all very high in calories and fat, assuming one pack may be all a person gets in a day. Everything says it's fortified; peanut butter has added vitamin C and A. The standard meat meal packs often contain a separate side dish pack of veggie or vegan beans, potatoes, or rice, but you have to read the ingredients on each one; the spanish rice has chicken broth. Wednesday we took our borrowed generator to a place not far from Vicksburg MS so it can be shipped to relatives in the path of the next hurricane, Rita, which may be every bit as bad as Katrina. We homeschool, so my son and I spent the day at the civil war battlefield national park, where we had a picnic of veggie MREs cooked in their little chemical heater bags. Then we watched the barges going up and down the Mississippi River. .... Be kind. Be of good cheer. Dick Ford www.dick-ford.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2005 Report Share Posted September 23, 2005 Dick, it is so good to hear from you! I can't even imagine what you have been through. I had to laugh at your description of the MREs. When I was in the Army and went to the Persian Gulf - almost 15 years ago now - there was no such thing as a vegetarian MRE. Of course, at that time I didn't know what " vegetarian " was so it didn't matter. I remember that my favorite thing to eat out of the packages was the dehydrated fruit. Reconstituted, it was a gummy mess, but eaten dry, it was a sweet, crunchy treat. Your ability to make the best of a terrible situation is inspiring. I wish you the best. Chessie On Behalf Of Dick Ford Thursday, September 22, 2005 8:44 AM Re: dick ford - Katrina Life following the hurricane Katrina is mostly back to normal for our part of Mississippi. Our electricity returned on day 10; the phone company repaired the broken line on day 17; on day 31 the insurance adjuster is scheduled to come see the damage and let us know what they will do. We hear many stories that insurance companies are refusing to pay for one excuse or another and the state insurance commissioner is siding with them, saying if the state makes them pay, the companies will leave the state altogether. Some people got some Red Cross money, some got FEMA money; it's randomly distributed among people who are well enough to stand in line in sweltering degree heat. We still have some MRE - meals ready to eat - that say they are vegetarian. The cheese tortellini tastes much better than rotini with vegetables we first tried. The veggie burger seems to be a square Griller in KC Masterpiece BBQ sauce. Several items in the food pack are vegan, but it's all very high in calories and fat, assuming one pack may be all a person gets in a day. Everything says it's fortified; peanut butter has added vitamin C and A. The standard meat meal packs often contain a separate side dish pack of veggie or vegan beans, potatoes, or rice, but you have to read the ingredients on each one; the spanish rice has chicken broth. Wednesday we took our borrowed generator to a place not far from Vicksburg MS so it can be shipped to relatives in the path of the next hurricane, Rita, which may be every bit as bad as Katrina. We homeschool, so my son and I spent the day at the civil war battlefield national park, where we had a picnic of veggie MREs cooked in their little chemical heater bags. Then we watched the barges going up and down the Mississippi River. .... Be kind. Be of good cheer. Dick Ford www.dick-ford.com For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to http://www.vrg.org/family.This is a discussion list and is not intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. edical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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