+1, celler.

People are so quick to criticize others based on the scantest information. Same thing happened after Katrina regarding those still in NOLA, and yet, if you took the time to find out why people stayed (or couldn't leave), then you suddenly realize that you might've done exactly the same thing if you were in their shoes.

Katrina also really rammed home the point to me that when you're watching some crisis unfolding on TV in realtime, much of the information you get later turns out to be wrong, too. Very wrong. But everyone keeps repeating the same incorrect info over and over because it sounds dramatic, and you hear it repeated until everyone takes it for gospel truth. I would not be surprised if this "so many people refused to leave" thing in San Diego county turns out to be a gross exagerration.