Oy, I hope your uncle is okay,
D2D.
All the comments in this thread remind me of one (yes, only one) comment taped by a journalist back in Mexico's great earthquake, in 1985. The city was close to destroyed, people were left without homes for over a year while rebuilding started, and many thought it was going to be useless to rebuild and start over (since like NO is on a hurricane route, Mexico is right smack on a tectonic plate
) because there'd be more quakes.
And this american person only ever commented to the journalist, "They had it coming." Made my blood boil the first time I heard it, but I swear I'm trying hard not to hold the same attitude towards this very disaster.
Queenie, I survived one hurricane back when I was a kid and I wish it on nobody.
However, to have warnings several times before it began, and to sit on your ass waiting for shit to hit the fan is truly an irresponsible, lazy, not to mention DUMB attitude.