Well..he's right..and wrong. I lived through all those hurricanes too- and can say it was about this many days before FEMA..etc showed up en masse.
I clearly remember the rumblings on the radio..people calling the station..we're stranded here- no food, water etc. It was an eye-opener for me.
I realized how conditioned I'd become to expect "them" to DO something.
It was WAY longer than that for us in South and deep South Dade... we were truly on our own for about 3 weeks. The Feds and FEMA went to school on us in Andrew.