The idea that supplies are pretty limited didn't seem like a good thing if they were all going to be trapped there for god-knew-how-long. And if there were more people arriving? Hopefully the supplies weren't that limited. Or people might get greedy and dangerous.
"Huh." Kate's frown deepend. "Well, we're here to help. Or uh... whatever we can do?" Lucky turned around to pad back over and nudge his nose against Kate's hand. She patted him absent-mindedly. "Sign me up for whatever's necessary."