It is hard for me to think that people take these storms so lightly or assume that they will not be affected by them. Given the inability to precisely predict their motions I would think that people in their potential track would take precautions and be prepared. I don't know where this thing is going tomorrow but you can darn well believe I am preparing for it NOW. I have been through several including Hugo and Fran ( the really strong ones in recent years ) and I don't take them lightly. My brother, who lives directly across the street from me, is an idiot of the "I'll bitch about it when it gets here" attitude/mentality. I can't believe that we share the same genes.
Much of the problem is Media and local EOC filtering of NHC info; NHC constantly fills their products with cautions about track error, etc....but I really notice a lot of local media and EOC types focusing confidently on specific effects of a specific forecast track.
exactly. Fran sucked. Isabell sucked too. Stay out to sea Charlie! Don't come back.