I pray this is not true, but this, unfortunately, would not surprise me. Despite the excellent forecasts of the hurricane's path and intensity, I fear that too many people simply did not heed the warnings. Hurricane warnings were posted at 10 PM CDT Saturday night, with forecasted storm surge of 15-20 feet, locally up to 25 feet, advertised at that time. No one should have been caught off guard with this one.
Given your nickname, I imagine you know of what you speak! :-)