“When a real catastrophe comes along, the warnings fall on deaf ears.”
t isn’t possible to prepare for something so unpredictable and catastrophic. Was the entire SE USA supposed to have re-located before the storm?
I couldn’t imagine being in Western North Carolina and thinking we got to get out of here because a Hurricane is coming to the Gulf Coast of Florida..
Don’t know when an uh oh started for North Carolinians,but it was odd to be watching for Florida reports and hearing about the extreme weather warnings were actually all the way up in North Carolina and Virginia all seemingly connected to a Gulf of Mexico Hurricane that hadn’t even made landfall yet..
This was a historical rain event even for historical rain events. Yes, record rain was predicted but not at the levels actually received.
You are right. There was no way we could all evacuate the south. Here in Georgia, we had Florida evacuees but many ended up right in the middle of flooding. Half the residents of five states would have had to have evacuated. People have become wary of doing so since in the past they have spent money and time to do so only for the storm to be a non-event.
Also, right now people have limited funds so they have to weigh the chances of the storm actually happening so they use their rent money to evacuate. But what if the storm doesn’t come? Then, they are broke and two states away and now rent is due.
I can’t be too hard on those that didn’t evacuate TN, NC, and SC.
What you say makes sense. I wondered if there could have been better inland evacuation warnings but some things just are: too fast too, unpredictable and out of our control 😢😢