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I bet I grew up in Charleston, SC, lived through Hugo, evacuated of course, and now reside in Panama.

How many times did you evacuate before Hugo? In retrospect evacuation would have been the logical move. I just don't think there was enough time to pull it off. Also, for the most part the city survived the hurricane and the storm surge; it was the faulty levee system that did them in. Who would have thought that anyone would be stupid enough to install a critical pumping system that would rely exclusively on commercial power and be subject to serious storm damage? If they had known that ahead of time they wouldn't have evacuated, they would have just moved out for good.

I am sorry but it does not take rocket science to learn from others mistakes. Are you telling me this many people were unaware of the potential destruction? Do they live with their heads in the sand? My point is this, they were ordered to leave. The majority of those behind, CHOSE not to leave and because of that people are dying.

Now, it is George Bush's fault that all those people.e stayed behind? Get real, they had 36 hours to get out and chose not to. They could have walked to higher ground in that time. Do you seriously think they were not ABLE to find 1 friend with a car to leave the city? For that matter, they could have stolen an abandoned vehicle after everyone left and still made it out of the city.

People are dead because of the stupid selfish people looking for a handout. Many likely stayed behind so that they could loot and pillage the others. I am having a hard time developing much sympathy for the able bodied that chose not to leave.