Protecting property that people have worked hard to gain is delusional? I think its more delusional to give in to the mass hysteria that some people are getting about this storm. Hurricanes have been hitting the coast for hundreds of years and they've been known to do all sorts of unpredictable things. To uproot and evacuate for every one that comes along would mean being out of the area for months at a time. That's just not tenable. They've had "mandatory" evacuations from Mississippi to Texas for Gustav. Its insane the amount of fear this thing is generating. People need to take a deep breath. If someone is directly on the coast and/or in a low-lying area, sure. They need to go. And those people know who they are. As for the rest of us? We should shutter the windows, get some canned food, and suck it up for a few days until power is restored.
Edit: At least I'm not doing what these crazy guys are doing:
http://thestormreport.com/livetrack.php/
I think they've been up for too long. Their commentary is getting really weird.
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