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Back on the topic at hand. It is probably a safe assumption that a lot of the people that stayed with Katrina bearing down on them were just like me with Francis, Jeanne and Wilma here in South Florida ... I am staying with my house to protect what I have rather than take to a road and hopefully get somewhere that doesn't get hit. (the picture is a little different down here as we have to flee up Florida for 400 miles just to get to Georgia). Having gone through those storms in my house I now feel a bit foolish for sitting here when Francis was off the coast with 155 mph winds as my house probably wouldn't be here now if it hadn't weakened. But people prefer to stay and hope the worst will pass by to the west, east, north or south.
Also, look around where you live and think of the worse case scenario and think about what it would take to guard against it. No government can possibly come close ... did Bush and crew know that the levees could be breached? absolutely. Do they also know that NYC will get hit by a catastrophic flood as a result of a direct hurricane hit? absolutely. So do they spend 100 billion of the taxpayer's dollars today to guard against it? Tough call .... what about a tsunami on the west coast? going to happen someday? probably. So do we spend billions or trillions today to guard against it?
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