That event and the ensuing fallout caused the community to pull together in ways I couldn't have imagined. Those 'preppers' sent out open invitations and tried to help as many people as they could, because they had the ability to provide that help.
Until I played one of the Carmen games from 1995 with Lynn Thigpen, and I found a note left behind from one of her agents, I didn't realize that Carmen pays her people too Lol