So how many called to complain about a lack of city services?
We'll find out, I guess:
Despite the memory of Hurricane Katrina, at least 90 percent of residents along the Florida Keys refused to evacuate as Hurricane Wilma swirled toward the state.
"We're not New Orleans," said Elaine Chinnis, walking her dogs along Duval Street in Key West a few hours before Wilma was expected to pass by to the north.
The people here are not only hurricane weary, they've dealt with four this year alone, they're also hurricane savvy. They insist they're not being cavalier by refusing to leave. Instead, they're simply not that afraid of a hurricane that wasn't expected to make a direct hit on Key West....
"I'm disappointed, but I understand it," Monroe County Sheriff Richard Roth said. "They're tired of leaving because of the limited damage they sustained during the last three hurricanes."
Officials hate that attitude. A storm surge of up to 17 feet, enough to cause devastating flooding, was possible, according to forecasters. And hospitals were closed, meaning emergency situations could be even more dire....
"I cannot emphasize enough to the folks that live in the Florida Keys: A hurricane is coming," an exasperated Gov. Jeb Bush said Sunday before it became too late to flee. "Perhaps people are saying, `I'm going to hunker down.' They shouldn't do that. They should evacuate."...
Officials say they're the ones who will be criticized if the storm comes ashore bigger than expected, or takes a last-minute turn and goes where it wasn't expected....
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