Often those spared feel undeserving, or at least no better than those who weren't. The Stortis have certainly batted that feeling around in recent days. "Why us? Why is our house still here?" asks Kathy Storti.
Survivor's guilt is typically studied in relation to soldiers on the battlefield whose buddies have been killed. Tuma says it is a relatively recent acknowledgment that those who survive a natural disaster have the same feelings.
