Originally Posted by MartinBishop

Look back to Katrina for a case study... the city was below sea level and had been for decades or more. This was a well known fact. EVERYONE knew that 1 serious hurricane would put the place under. When Katrina came the residents of NOLA even had a few days notice. But were the majority of the population of city prepared for this? No.

Memphis is the same situation, except it won't be flooding, and there won't be any advanced notice.