[ican'tbelieveit]

I do recall a local meteorologist on early yesterday talking about how they had the warnings, but when the media and storm tracks predicted the path much further north, the evacuations were not pursued.

You cannot fault these people for not leaving when all the "talking" heads were telling them they were safe. Would I have left, yeah. But we aren't everyone.

[Strategerist]

The problem is the media primarily. Actually local EODs are a problem as well, really. The problem isn't NHC.

But at root is a failure of people who live in a dangerous area to educate themselves on what NHC is very open about regarding the imprecision of forecasting.

Port Charlotte was under a hurricane warning. That was never rescinded. The intention of NHC is everone under such a warning assume they get a direct hit, and that intensity of storms cannot be predicted.

[Howlin]

the evacuations were not pursued.

That is just NOT true; articles in their own papers showed that people were deciding NOT to evacuate.

[vidbizz]

Hey, I'm in St. Augustine area. The storm was going to come through here. I prepared (I went through Andrew also). If you are in a Hurricane Warning area it just MAY hit you...Prepare as if it would be a direct hit.

My whole house shook. I could not get to sleep. And I have hurricane shutters.