I didn't "take off work" Klown, nor was O'bama in the White House then. Go buy a history book --- maybe you can find one in way big obnoxious type.
But I did take a FEMA check when I was displaced by Katrina and my car was underwater up to its roof and my posessions were submerged under 8 feet of it and I had to go live somewhere. You want that back now? Talk to George Bush.
Yes, failed. Anybody who makes a living not only being an asshole but being one on TV is automatically a failure.
You have some serious emotional problems that need attention. Maybe it stems from when your car was under water. Lets look at this. So you and all of your possessions were lost when your car was in a hurricane? You had access to a car but still you got caught up in a hurricane? A forecasted hurricane? A hurricane that gave us a weeks notice before it hit land and you got caught in it? You had a car but didn't leave? I wouldn't have given you shit for you and your car...You got a FEMA check because you were too stupid to drive inland in your car. You are as stupid today as you were back then.
Well being from Texas I rode out Ike and drove out the next morning when winds were still high. Most of my family live up North in Canada or Illinois, so evacuating to another spot was not optional.
I stayed at the job for a week before the lights came back on and afterwards moved out near Victoria.
What is my point with my story!?!
1. Not everyone has somewhere to go and driving out of town on limited resources ( not saying POGO resources were limited ) may have not been an option.
2. People that did leave were already booked in hotels and motels across the region and there were not many places to head to unless you went to Texas.
3. No one thought Katrina would sink New Orleans. So it made sense to ride it out.
Note:
I have been through three hurricanes and Ike was the worst because of it size and the amount of time it lasted.
I will never ride another one out...