Not Necessarily a Mea Culpa, but...

Previously I had expressed my opinions about the people who chose to stay in New Orleans while Katrina slammed into them.

I didn't fully know the story when I went off like this, and I still do believe that it was crazy to stay, but I do realize now that many of these people had no place to go and nothing else to do, and in certain circumstances no means of personal transportation out. In the same situation I think I would have chosen to get out...No, I know that I would have chosen to get out (and made it happen no matter what the situation was), nothing for me would be more important than ensuring that I got out.