Morons, surrounded by morons

The Los Angeles Times has a story by David Zucchino about the 'holdouts' in Galveston:

Ike punished Bolivar more savagely than any other community along the Texas coast. Virtually nothing was spared.
With the peninsula cut off by floodwaters and debris, rescue teams were slowly searching for about 350 people who authorities say defied a mandatory evacuation order.
"We're trying to pull 'em out, but some of 'em just plain refuse to leave. These are some hard-headed folks," said Bobby Jobes, a state game warden. Jobes and fellow warden John Feist used an airboat to search for survivors -- or corpses. Jobes said they had rescued about 15 people. What did survivors say when rescued? "They said: 'Wow,' " Jobes said.
Gernert wrote down the names of 113 people who had weathered the storm in High Island. But she did not know how many had been farther south. "Well," Claude Kahla told her, "anybody who stayed drowned. I'm sure of it."
Judge Jim Yarbrough, the top elected official in Galveston County, which includes Bolivar, said he feared the worst. "I'm not Pollyanna," he said. "I think we will find some" corpses. Rescuers said they had found no bodies as of Tuesday. In fact, some people caught in the tidal surge survived. Four men were washed from their homes on the peninsula and dumped 10 miles away, across Galveston Bay, Chambers County Judge Jimmy Sylvia said. All lived to tell the tale.
Yarbrough said he was fed up with those who refused to leave the peninsula, usually home to about 4,000 people. He threatened martial law to remove residents from remote areas with no electricity, food, water or plumbing.

Rico says martial law isn't necessary; just post warnings on every available surface that, if you stay, you get no help from the gummint. No boats, no helicopters, no relocation money, bupkis...