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Originally Posted by Hugh R
Why don't people in NOLA keep a full tank of gas in their cars? Simple enough to get to the higher ground.
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If you're talking about Katrina - a lot of poor people do not own cars. NoLa has decent public transit and that is one way they get to their jobs, if they have them.
The populace is also pretty superstitious. Often a mixture of Catholic and folk beliefs, including Voodoo, or its remnants. Many believed that a statue behind Saint Louis Cathedral has saved the city every time before (and it has dodged a lot of storm-bullets in the past). So people think they did ok last storm (imagining divine protection) and tend to stay for the next one.
We'll see what happens this time.