Frankly they can’t evacuate the entire coastline without traffic issues such as this.....and long times in backed up traffic people get testy and then some. Positive side is they haven’t waited til the last minute and have a couple days yet to get to their destination.
Got a brother in Naples. He’s far enough inland (and away from creeks and streams) to avoid storm surge but the wind, tornadoes and local flooding are possibilities.
He’s not the kind to spook easily - but from talking to him yesterday, he sounds a bit uneasy about this one. And this is not his first hurricane either. He’s been thru a number of them - including Charley.
I’ve been going back and forth about how bad he’s gonna get hit. One graphic looks like he’ll have hurricane conditions and another looks like tropical storms conditions.
I guess it all depends on whether Irma maintains her westward movement. it seems like any remotely small westward shift in the track will make things worse in that area.