re: #50 SanFranciscoZionist

Told to evacuate and able to evacuate are different things. I know a guy whose aunt survived Katrina only because his girlfriend was visiting, and while the elderly lady dithered and worried, girlfriend told her that they were leaving and going to girlfriend’s house in Boston in half an hour, and where was the cat carrier?

If her nephew had not been dating this woman, and if this woman were not the sort to drop by to visit an old lady, Auntie would be dead.

I understand that. It sounds like in New York that was a case of people not being able to evacuate, but more along the lines of being “tough” and riding it out just because. Maybe I’ve missed something.