Why do you think? ( I missed it)
He expressed doubt that enough people have taken this storm seriously enough after forty years of false predictions that the latest storm would be the one that puts New Orleans under water.
He said people will only pack up and move to safer ground so many times before they become complacent.
It sounded as though he was staying to ride out the storm. I heard him say up to 50,000 could lose their lives. I don't know if that is possible but what do I know.