Having lived in West Palm Beach for 20 years and survived multiple hurricanes, I can tell you that Florida’s emergency preparedness is second to none. As soon as the hurricane-force winds pass, FPL will have their trucks out cutting away debris and restoring downed power lines. Trucks filled with ice and water are already pre-positioned to assist residents who lose access to water. Emergency rations ditto. The Florida emergency response protocol is a wonder to see in action. This is a bad storm, but Florida has survived these events for decades. Florida will be fine.
Here’s my prediction that I hope does not come true:
Even if they are great at disaster relief, the Biden crowd will gin up (pay for) disaster crowds of people screaming for help, ala Katrina at the Superdome. They will have ABCNNBCBS drones flying over looking for people on rooftops and whatever dead bodies they can find floating in the water. They will vilify DeSantis as an incompetent idiot that should be hounded out of office for his ‘self-made’ disaster. Geraldo, Mascara Boy and all the others will be down there wading in hip deep water crying their eyes out before the cameras pleading for Biden to come and fix this mess!.................I hope I’m wrong...................
Not to mention ordinary folks pitch in.
My experience was Katrina but the south and actually most rural areas don’t wait around for the officials to get things done. Not a slight to the first responders..who do an otherwise great job.
But they can’t do everything and be everywhere.
So, folks are out there with chainsaws...and so on..doing what they can.