Reply #7: For Florida, Katrina came out of nowhere it seemed [View All]

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It didn't become a Cat 1 Hurricane until it was very close to the east coast, so folks had very little time to do anything. I don't even thing they tried to evacuate that many people this time around.

One big difference for FL is that we don't have the same issues with flooding like New Orleans. Even when it does flood the water recedes very quickly usually.

However, lots of people have been without electric for over a week and we did lose more lives (7) then usual because people were more blaise about this one.