Hurricane fear mongering?

[bouche]

What does this story make you think about:

1. US Gov't

2. Media

3. People living in a place that is at risk?

I'm wondering how many people don't really think that they are at a huge risk, living in low-levelled hurricane zones. If there is a more likelyhood that larger and more powerful hurricanes and floods are going to strike, will that ever sink in to everyone that may not have any direct and regular contact with this evidence?

"I don't pay these things a whole lot of mind," said Mr. Austin, 69, a native of the Outer Banks. "Because they say so doesn't mean it's going to happen that way."

In Galveston, Tex., Keith Patterson, a resident there for 30 years, dismissed the urgency of a hurricane survival kit on Thursday. No use worrying about a hurricane until it is near, he said.

"When one is coming, I'll make preparations," said Mr. Patterson, 68, a retired purchasing clerk. "I'll get what I have to get then."