Yes, but they won't be evacuating with rising flood waters, torential rain, and extreme winds nipping at their heels trying to take their very lives at that exact moment. and when it is all over with, they may well be able to move back into their homes where as Katrina devastated everything for nearly a full mile inland. Katrina's damage ran from Grand Isle, LA, to Mobile Bay, AL. Yes it was primarily coastal, but in the deep south, the coast is where everyone lives, works, and plays.