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To: Wyätt Gwyön who wrote (2582)	8/30/2005 2:57:29 PM
From: redfish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25983

The last two years have been very un-normal ... I'm a native Floridian and until last year I never worried about storms at all. Andrew was a nightmare for those in its path but I think most of us considered it a once in a lifetime event. People aren't going to leave the place where they were born, raised, have family, own a house and maybe own a business out of fear of a hurricane.

To: Wyätt Gwyön who wrote (2582)	8/30/2005 4:42:21 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25983

I had left NO last Wednesday for our annual summer ending ritual trip to Archer City, TX, to visit McMurtry's books shops and do the Hotter 'n Hell bike ride in nearby Wichita Falls. No TV, no radio, listening to the latest Harry Potter at son's insistence on the way to Austin to visit my parents and other relatives after ending the H 'n H on Sat. afternoon when we get phone call about hurricane. Visited Austin, then came to Houston where wife's sister lives. We've been here since then. Wife has something to do as she's with feds coordinating the re-opening of federal courts. Me, I'm going stir crazy, making phone calls to clients, insurance companies, and generally making a nuisance out of myself. Spending a lot of time with son, which is nice. As far as the probabilities of disaster are concerned, we of course recognized that a catastrophe could happen. But cat. 5 storms are quite, quite rare. Hell, cat. 3 is rare. Direct hits by cat. 1 and 2 are no big deal. So, the odds aren't that bad. I've lived in NO since 1969, and never have evacuated, though I would have gotten the hell out of Dodge for this one. So, you shake the dice, and live in a great place just like the folks in SF do. A disaster can happen anywhere.