The people left on the island are, apparently, desperate to get off now - no services, no supplies, no water. 2000+ came forward when offer given to evacuate earlier today.
(per recent presser)
Holy cow . . . They just showed some amazing video of Bolivar Peninsula on ch. 2 from a chopper. One neighborhood they said maybe 15% of the houses survived, another neighborhood maybe 50% of the houses are left. Water everywhere, empty “stilts” where houses used to be. (Where are the people that were there? How many stayed during the storm?)