Catastrophes bring out the best and the worst in us.

The stories that follow in the wake of Gustav and the subsequent evacuation speaks both of people rising to the occasion and adding to the burden. Between those two points is an array of emotions and actions that swing the average observer from being energized to being uncomfortable to being angry.

Stereotypes abound.

There is the evacuee that is just unhappy to be here and lets everyone know it.

There is the evacuee that thinks he is owed something, and should be able to somehow capitalize on ...