just a thought

Hurricane Gustav appears to be slowly falling apart, down to category 1 now. I've seen at least a couple of people saying "Why the hell was everyone making this much fuss? It's gonna be nothing, we've been through this for generations."

I don't live in the area, I don't think I'm remotely qualified to say whether it was too much fuss - evacuations and worrying and storm preparation. CNN says the levees are overtopping now in New Orleans. If this turns out to all have been more fuss than was actually needed - I don't think I will have ever been happier for the fact.