Public service? Is this hurricane going to sneak up on anyone down there?
Hurricane Ian's destruction
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Think they had more time than that, the biggest issue was NO hadn’t been hit by a bad hurricane forever and the people didn’t take it as seriously as they should have.
I guess I should clarify I don't think they knew it'd be a 4 or a 5 and people in poverty had trouble finding transport out as well. I also think a week out they were saying there was only like a 10% chance of a direct hit.
Not really. The local guys in Florida will do a fine enough job in conjunction with NOAA to get the information out to people that need it. The national news isn't going to give granular details and more often than not will end up instigating panic.
I think if anything we have learned many people get all their information from one source for huge chunks of their day.
He must be like Bill Stowe to Des Moines. Everyone in Des Moines knew when Bill Stowe was on TV. Floods were going to be bad. RIP Bill Stowe.
I agree with this. If you live in the Tampa area and don't know about this.........Jim Cantore holding onto a palm tree is of no help now.
I have a buddy in Tampa. I am worried about him and his wife. This will probably be a major headache for all of the facilities that he runs because I am sure there will be damage all around that he will need to deal with. Luckily his largest is a full 2 miles from the water but there are others that will certainly be affected by storm surge.
Must be nice to get national attention from a major natural disaster.
I have family down there. They are fortunate enough to not have to worry about storm surge. I understand your friends desire to downplay this, but this is going to be the biggest natural disaster we have seen in a while. Lots of people do live in the path of the storm surge and are going to lose their homes and some even their lives. It's a big deal.
He's not saying it isn't a big deal, just don't overreact to national coverage of the event. Almost no one down there is underestimating this thing.
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We were in clearwater last year when a storm was coming in and were able to move up our exit time to a friendlier time (that we wanted originally but was 200/head more) so airlines do help to move people in and out to avoid stuff.
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Apparently forever.
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I guess I don't consider the national media focusing on the worst natural disaster to hit the country in possibly decades as an overreaction. It's literally like an F2/F3 tornado thats 100s of miles wide combined with a major flood event that's hitting one of the most populated areas in the country. Seems reasonable to spend a lot of national news coverage on that, but to each their own I guess.
