I live in Florida and have evacuated several times for hurricanes but only one time was it actually necessary, and that one time was enough to prove to me that it's better to be safe than sorry because instead of the brush by that was expected here we ended up with a devastating direct hit. I'm obviously a veteran of watching these things and you have no idea how bad things could have been, how bad it looked like it could be, and you are a lucky fool for believing Mayor Bloomberg made a bad call. This could have easily been a much worse storm and as pulse said, what would you be saying had the evacuation not been called and the storm had been as bad as or worse than Katrina? Quit your whining and be glad you got off so easy, idiot.