Well..... Yeah. All my friends were the subject of derision in their neighborhoods right before Hurricane Andrew. Right after the storm, the world shut up and suddenly we're the only ones adequately prepared. We became the go to folks for those who needed advice on getting things back into a state of order. The board of directors for my gun club (I sat on the board as chief safety officer & an NRA Instructor) went deep into the disaster zone and gave free lessons on gun safety to help curb accidental shootings after the marauding hordes of looters swept thru whole neighborhoods and triggered a sunset to sunrise curfew in that area of south Miami-Dade.
The brother of a friend of mine was one of the top FBI coordinators during the relief period in New Orleans, and it's amazing how his version of the government response differs from the one we saw on TV.
I bring this up because when I think of Andrew and the recent massive flooding in Texas (I heard a radio interview with someone from the area), I DON'T think of the whining and complaining from New Orleans. The Texas storm got nothing like the coverage NO got, but the devastation was terrible. The locals, however, just weren't as sympathetic, I guess. (The location where the interviewee was gave lots of aid to NO; not only did NO not reciprocate, but Nagin hotfooted it to DC to make sure he got the lion's share of $$$ this time around.
I don't think prepping for storms when living in storm country is the same as survivalism, though.