The sky is falling

Not to mock the severity of this or any other hurricane but the sky is falling, basically. Where the hell was this kind of concern when a category 5 hurricane was bearing down--for days--on New Orleans and the Gulf states? Check out the coverage in the media right now. You really would think it's the end of the world. Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/27/hurricane-irene-2011-2-million-told-to-move_n_938740.html