Funny, this is the first major cyclone in observed history in that area, yet you don't have to tell folks twice to skeddadle.
Whereas a large segment of New Orleans residents with cars stayed put with the approach of a major hurricane, when that is a common occurrence there.
Just goes to show that the largest deficiency in disaster planning is on the individual level.
“Whereas a large segment of New Orleans residents with cars stayed put with the approach of a major hurricane, when that is a common occurrence there.”
Yet again you fabricate complete and utter nonsense.
From what i just read you’re simply assuming that everybody has fled Oman’s shore. The story simply says MORE people fled and 7,000 from one place. Please give us your source for how many stayed, since you seem to know.
Remember that a lot of people didn’t flee the Alabama or Mississippi gulf coasts, either. It wasn’t just NOLA.
Dirtboy, please remember that as a windstorm, Katrina's effects on New Orleans were minimal. The overwhelming majority of damage came from a flood that resulted from the failure of man-made structures. Call it the "Federal flood", if that helps.
BGW, the world didn’t track weather events there from the sky.
Check out the 'Epic of Gilgamesh'
Yet other massive storms and floods have occurred in this region and been recorded.
I have no idea where anyone got the idea that people in the lands surrounding the Persian/Arabian Gulf didn't know about monster storms.