I'm not going to question people's judgment, but it seems to me that if you lived on the west coast of Florida and if a hurricane was moving past your location -- even if you thought it was on the way to somewhere else -- since you would be on the LEFT side of the hurricane, you'd make some kind of preparations -- just in case.
I mean, I'm in North Carolina and I know what's going on.
I can't agree more...
I agree!
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.
That's because the ones I have to evacuate for HIT you, after they hit my relatives in Florence. ;-)