Exactly. Granted, a lot of times, hurricanes miss and veer off course at the last minute. This makes people overconfident. All it needs is one bad strike and you're gone.
In the case of NO, a city below sea level, there's no margin of error. But the city and state government just sort of shrugged and carried on as if it were all just a bad dream, probably provoked by GWB.
Interesting link...Governor Blanco's statement about Dennis heading their way and how they were confident it wouldn't hit, but read the last paragraph, it's laughable.
""While it does not appear that this storm (Dennis) will significantly impact our state, I am confident of our ability to carry out our state’s emergency and evacuation plans in a manner that protects the people of coastal Louisiana."
http://gov.louisiana.gov/Press_Release_detail.asp?id=911
> In the case of NO, a city below sea level, there's no margin of error. But the city and state government just sort of shrugged and carried on as if it were all just a bad dream, probably provoked by GWB.
To willingly choose to live below sea level, surrounded by water IS to be living in an alternate mental reality. So their state of denial leading up to Katrina is not surprising.