Jed,

I would add to your list folks who go to the beach to watch Tidal Waves. My brother lived in an apartment a block from the beach in one of those ritzy California LA coastal towns. His roommate was a guy whose sister was some famous actor's girlfriend. I never learned more about the guy, just this idiotic Hollywood "credential." Anyway, there was some heavy weather out there and I called my brother to see if he was going to evacuate. The roommate answered the phone. I asked if they were planning to get out. He said no, he wasn't worried, "We live on the third floor."

I asked him what he'd do if the first and second floor suddenly went away? Duh. It's pretty scary, what people don't think about.

SRS