Not too sure about that. There was plenty of warnings from the weather people. Some had it right (Euro model). Some had it wrong (the other model). Point is, why fuck around? No reason for the government to have to tell you to split town when the weather models tell you the hurricane is coming. Some people are just idiots or oblivious, or both. Darwin wins again.
A drive it home moment in these cases - when emergency services ends up saying "we will not be responding to 911 calls". The idiots or oblivious still assume that if something goes really wrong, they will get bailed out. Which is true - after the surge passed, there we were, with helicopters going to Sanibel Island carrying people off or bringing them food.
My favorite was Don Lemon going around somewhere near Orlando that had 2-3 feet of flood water from rains, in a boat with emergency personnel offering to take people somewhere, the entire neighborhood was underwater but the flood waters were still 6-12 inches below the level of the floors of the trailers. People were refusing trips out, but one lady said "if they tell me this is the last trip, I'll probably go". But when that happens, there won't be room in the ark for all the people deciding to take the last boat out, so they will have to run additional trips, which then reinforces that they don't need to go, there will be another boat.
The kicker was the woman saying "my house is fine. The real bummer is that the car is just trashed". She presumes that some insurance company will just pay for the car, or Biden will send her a check. Either way, the rest of us pay one way or the other for her not simply considering that moving what is probably her most valuable possession away from destruction, a possession which is designed to be movable.
The photos of Naples with cars floating down the roadway past parking garages with empty top floors are just priceless. Well they aren't priceless because the rest of us will be paying the price with insurance rates or tax dollars.
My 2c, we put out mandatory evac, and if you don't evac, we'll still try to save your life if needed but you don't get any insurance money or government dollars. If you car is totaled and you didn't take basic precautions, you lose.
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