I'll say this....... if this turns out to be a story of "not so much damage" to New Orleans, New Orleans citizens will NEVER be convinced to evacuate EVER AGAIN. And I could understand their feelings.
Not so sure about that, beyond. If I lived there, or anywhere near the hurricane coasts, I would have a lil spot somewhere on high ground, and would be leaving as soon as it vaguely looked like it was coming my way.
I can understand those who have no place to go being reluctant to leave, however.
All day yesterday, all I heard here was people whining about how NO Mayor Nagin was a moron for not evacuating sooner. Now I'm seeing folks whining about how this was crying wolf and that evacuation was unnecessary?
Which way do you want it?
Well, I wouldn't.
I live in Tampa Bay, and if there is potential for the kind of hurricane that was headed toward NO, I'd hope that people would evacuate every time.
If it doesn't hit head on, praise the Lord.
If it does, I've at least followed the guidance of those in charge, and believe they were looking out for my safety.
That being said, evacuations for minimal storms is another thing. Sometimes I believe they overreact to smaller storms and force evacuations when evacuations aren't necessary, on the other hand, look at Miami, they had a pretty tough go with just a Cat 1, so it's a hard call.
Perhaps..but I think they should have evacuated..there were no guarantees this storm was going to shift east..The way NO is situated makes it too dangerous to ignore a storm of this magnitude.
This is indeed a fortunate shift for them but one could not count on it.
Roof just flew off in the French Quarter they reported..
Praying the storm surge is less than feared also.
Geeesh...when will people understand you cannot EXACTLY predict what a hurricane is going to do? This is the kind of mentality that I detest about liberals. They secretly- sometimes NOT secretly- expect and demand that "they" take care of "us". So if a hurricane(an act of nature, not man) behaves unpredictably, it is "their" fault.
If New Orleans gets inundated it will be THEIR fault...if it DOESN'T...it will equally be THEIR fault.
Life is a RISK..you observe, learn, consider options and take action. Maybe you take the action that proves to be best suited to the circumstances..maybe you don't. There are no guarantees.
Sorry to rant...
Yep. People are stupid, that's for sure. This is the logic of saying, "Last time they convinced me to stop playing Russian Roulette, the next chamber was empty, so now I'll KEEP playing!"