It gives people time to inventory their storm supplies and go stock up on Sunday, and gives stores enough lead time to restock what they’ve been cleaned out of by Monday/Tuesday, before it hits on Wednesday.
The good advice you provide does not counter my point about the problem that often occurs with repeated declarations of a formal state of emergency before any impacts occur ... especially when done repeatedly and which affect a vast geographic area. This can cause people to become inured to the emergency when their area is not affected or the effects are much less than expected.
When I lived in the midwest and back east I observed this result following periodic snow and icestorm "states of emergency" declarations. When the disaster didn't occur or was nowhere near as severe as orignially forecast people began to not take those repeated "emergency declarations" seriously ... something we must not wish to happen, not to mention the societal impacts of closing schools, businesses and roads prematurely (that's not to suggest that preparations should be made well before an advisory is elevated to a warning).
Anyway, good discussion. Cheers! & be well.
“It gives people time to inventory their storm supplies and go stock up on Sunday, and gives stores enough lead time to restock what they’ve been cleaned out of by Monday/Tuesday, before it hits on Wednesday.”
It’s a reminder and a nudge. And some people need that nudge. Especially serial procrastinators like myself.