Thank you so much, from the bottom of my/our hearts, for the encouragement.
I don’t honestly think that those people who evacuated are or were mindless drones who believe whatever the *government* tells them.
Everyone was watching this storm from the get go and it was a monster. The storm history shows a LONG track of a Cat 5 and I think most people in FL have enough common sense to know that anything is possible and that ultimately they may not have needed to leave after all.
But what are your choices?
Leave and be inconvenienced for a time?
Or stay and possibly be one of those who dies from it.
I’m sure many of the people who left had good reason to justify it and they didn’t do it just because someone told them to.
If they lived in trailer homes, they shouldn’t stay in them. If they have health issues, it would be foolhardy to stay.
If they plain didn’t feel like staying for it, they should go.
And as we are seeing, sometimes the aftermath is worse than the storm itself.
No electric and no refrigeration. Being without power for up to two weeks in FL heat.
Maybe some people just didn’t feel like dealing with that. The call is theirs and they should not be condemned for choosing to leave.
Those biggest critics, whether they realize it or not, are being very judgmental and condescending towards the people who CHOSE to leave.
It’s none of their business what others do. And nobody answers to them about how they decide to respond to a storm and the warnings.
Not fun:
https://www.facebook.com/wxbradWCNC/posts/1676433719095744
I actually had almost the same thing happen to me, years ago, except that I had time to get slowed from 50-55 mph to about 30-ish. And, there was little wind - it was just an old tree that chose that moment to come down. I broke the trunk into 2 sections(!) - granted that it was partially decayed.