Hurricane Preparedness Hype or Preventive Measure

Hurricane Irene was predicted to wreak major havoc on the east coast of Canada and the U.S and failed to live up to the hype of the media. Do you think all the mandatory evacuations and preparations were wothwhile or will they simply make people more complacent next time around. I know" damned if you do or damned if you don't" In this post Katrina age is crying wolf gonna get old???