SILLY ME. I THOUGHT THOSE GORKS IN MONTANA WERE ALREADY IN SURVIVAL MODE 24/7. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE WHOLE POINT OF LIVING THERE.

Be prepared to survive on your own, disaster experts say

One of the lessons of Hurricane Katrina is that people can't always expect government to come riding to the rescue, so the wise course is to be prepared to rescue yourself. In Montana, that means families should keep handy the kind of gear they'd need to go camping for a week, disaster experts said Tuesday at a panel discussion at Montana State University.

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