Hurricane headed for Maine

Now, I understand that Maine doesn't have all that many people living on its easternmost edge, and I understand that a Category I hurricane doesn't pack the punch of a Category III, but if more of this country's citizens approached difficulty with this lobsterman's equanimity, I think we'd be better off:

Many lobstermen moved their boats to sheltered coves to ride out the storm, said Dwight Carver, a lobsterman on Beals Island. Some also moved lobster traps from shallow water, but most were caught off-guard by the storm's short notice.

''I'm sure we'll have a lot of snarls, a lot of mess, to take care of when it's done,'' Carver said. ''It'll take us a few days to straighten things out.''

The man must have missed the memo advising him to wait for FEMA's help to arrive.