What strikes me is that on Saturday or Sunday (I think it was Sunday but someone will correct me if I'm wrong), the mayor and the Governor called for a mandatory evacuation. Less than 24 hours before the storm struck.
And they only did that because, as they admitted in their 10:30 press conference, the president called and pressed them to order a mandatory evac.
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that is all correct!
And didn't Max Mayfield from the NHC call them also warning them of the # of potential deaths/destruction.