this thing was way overstated. It was misforecast in impact by hundreds of miles. It basically fizzled. If you left your home now your fighting to get back before the looters and you made a mistake. If you stayed— YOU LOOK SOP GOOD!!NEVER allow any government to tell to you leave your property unless you want to lose it.This was not a bad storm and was way “over blown” .
If it hadn’t of hit Cuba like it did, it would have been much more powerful at the US. It basically destroyed the northern part of Cuba, including a rumored airport was destroyed. Most people have insurance on their home and family to stay with elsewhere.
My Aunt called me from Broward County and she told me that she was under the impression from the media, as were many of her friends, that there would be state wide Cat 3 damage.
I thought that the media was very sloppy pointing out what limited areas were endangered by Cat 3 winds.