How fast things can break down

In February 2008, some thunderstorms rolled through the town I live in, knocking out power to thousands of the local residents.  During the storm a bolt of lightening hit a transformer at the local Wal-mart.  In a larger town this might not be a problem, but in Jasper, Texas there are only 2 grocery stores – Wal-mart and Brookshire brothers.

Within hours of the power going out, the wal-mart employees were throwing away meat and other products that can spoil. What gets me, why did the store throw the meat away? Why not give it to the community? I guess if they throw it away, its counted as a lose and insurance will cover it.

The store was closed and locked down. So 1/2 of the food in this town was cut off. Just one lightening strike did all of this.

This is a good example – when there is a disaster, companies will be looking at how to protect their profits, not how people can work together.

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