Bud writes:

I’m sure you have heard about the cruise ship that lost power and left the passengers stranded for five days without power/running water/hot food.

Well, I know of a group who were stranded for almost a year.  They had to eat out of cans that were thrown to them from a helicopter.  They were without cell phones and internet. Their only contact with the outside world was to write letters.  They didn’t get a change of clothes or a bath for weeks.  They slept on the ground and stayed soaked by the heavy rain for days at a time and people shot at them.

Don’t you feel sorry for those poor folks on the cruise ship?