I admit it might seem far-fetched but it's an interesting point of discussion. America's psyche was permanently rattled on a pretty day in September 2001 and the once proud self sustaining independent nature of Americans disappeared in a cloud of dust. We had a tropical storm no worse than a bad noreaster hit New York but the government combined with the willing media was able to convince Americans that forced evacuation under penalty of law was fine and government evacuation centers were preferable to hunkering down in a rainstorm.