That was something in the past we just took for granted, that everybody had a way off the island. I think (Katrina) has opened up our eyes definitely and given us a different perspective on dealing with the evacuation.
If we had waited for the government to get us out of there, we would have died. It took the citizens there to get us help.
I say, 'Good gracious.' Who moved out? (It's) like he took 12 houses and just ran everything back here.