I heard it too. There's still places in Florida still devastated from last year's round of hurricanes. Many houses and buildings still have tarped roofs, and many residents still live in government housing.
That NO mayor sounds like a real jackass.
Charlotte County in Florida is still a mess, almost a year after Charley came through. Many businesses have not been rebuilt, houses uninhabitable, and many still live in FEMA trailers.
And there was no standing water issue in Charlotte County, the run off happened quickly and the waters receded, unlike NO which will be underwater for weeks.