A great article on personal survival experience is at https://www.frfrogspad.com/disastr.htm
It is a series of emails relating to Katrina and he had a place that some other people went to. Also some observations about lessons learned and stories of some things that happened.
About feeling isolated in a small town where everybody else has known everybody for years- They really don’t for the most part know what it feels like to be a newcomer and they already have a lot of friends so they don’t feel they need any.
Maybe you can find other newcomers too. Going to a church and getting to know people that way may help. Yeah, I’ve been there. It just takes time to feel like you belong. And there are always some nice people. One advantage is you more easily learn who the nuts are.
