Wow, I can't believe I just said that. But seriously, think about it. Your home is floating in salt water. Your car is gone. Your possessions are destroyed. You're F-ing freezing, and can't see two inches in front of your face at night because you have to power.
And someone has the nerve to come up to you and ask you if you're going to vote tomorrow?
This would be my response: "No, jackass, I'm not going to vote tomorrow. I have to wait in line at a donation center to get food then rush back to my home to make sure that the few possessions I still have don't get stolen by looters. Then I'm going to haul water out of the first flood and start demolition so that I might be able to spare part of the frame. I have to hurry because night is falling earlier now, and once the sun sets, there is nothing more I can do. You think going to a polling site is high on my priority list right now? Get out of my face, man, unless you're going to keep guard of my stuff and let me sleep at your house."
Listen, I am the biggest proponent of voting that there is. I'm a teacher for goodness sakes, I have to be. I may say that I would vote, come hell or high water, nothing could stop me. But look at that house. If that was my house, I can't honestly say that I would give two craps about voting tomorrow.
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