From the you get what’s coming to you file:

A stubborn few decided to defy orders to leave. Emory Sallie, 44, of Galveston, said he had braved storms in the past and didn’t think Ike would be any different. He didn’t believe the dire warnings – he was more worried about the wind, not the flooding. “If the island is going to disappear it has to be a tsunami,” he said, as he walked along the block where his home is located, drinking a beer and smoking a cigarette. “If it ain’t your time you ain’t going anywhere.”

I mean… come on now.

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