JAY NIXON: Natural disasters
are harder on people
who already have hard lives.
Floods happen.
What's the old line?
You live down by the river.
They happen to people who
are already challenged.
And so bringing in the
social service agencies,
bringing in the mental
health agencies.
One of the things we did was
set up a mental health center
in Joplin.
And you look then two, three,
four, five years later,
you have fewer suicides
than people had thought,
fewer drug problems than
you would think when
you look at the statistics.
So remembering that these
natural disasters affect
families and individuals
that are already challenged,
and you're ready in that
vein, also is important.
