My two sisters and mother live in Miami. One had her whole house destroyed during Andrew, so they wasted no time going online and working the phones last Tuesday morning at 9 am. By noon they had made evacuation decisions, booked tickets and hotels and were gone Wednesday evening and Thursday morning. Yes, they had the money to get out. But a large number of friends, neighbours and relatives, all affluent and educated, with many being really wealthy, still had no idea what to do on Friday, so they all ended up staying in their homes. Worse, they didn't even get together with their families, and many left  80-year old mothers and grandmothers alone in their homes. We're also now discovering many don't have flood insurance, which is astounding. I now realize my immediate family is very different from most of our friends, relatives and acquaintances. It's disturbing, and yes, it's changed how I now look at a lot of people I know.