Why do people stay? Brother and sister in-law stayed in Bay St.Louis MS for Katrina in a house about 200yds from the beach and 18 ft above sea level. Wrong move!! They bailed as storm surge sent them to the 2nd floor and they were forced to "jump in" as the house disintegrated around them. Survivors(luckily) of the "Camille Syndrome" and the tug of home I suppose. Estimated a 30 ft storm surge. As a midwestern weather geek, one look at the satellite of Katrina filling the Gulf would have had me packing days before. Another survivor sort of, one of my old H-17's I kept at the house, might be good for a few parts.


nathan