I totally agree with you here. The conditions the people in the article are living in are awful and need to be fixed ASAP. Though if I had to guess, those were probably on the extreme. What I was trying to illustrate though, was that worms are a bit more nuanced than open sewage. If I were a betting man though (and I'm not, but oh man if I put money on the Packers V. Steelers Superbowl, Mayweather v. Pacquiao Fight, and a few other sports events, I'd have a day), I'd say that most cases of worms in the United States just happen because of poor health care practices, both in parts of individuals' lack of knowledge/concern as well as because of how the medical industry is set up. Edit: Also, mocassins sound awesome. I've seen these shoes shaped like feet and asked someone about them and they said they were comfortable as heck.Anyway, shoes won't cut it for those people, if a storm can turn the trailer park into a swamp and mix the sewage around. Everyone needs waders (or actual sewers).