ttystikk
Well-Known Member
Not really. The storm itself went from a no name tropical depression to a category 4 monster in just 48 hours. No one was expecting THAT much rain unless they weren't doing anything else but listening to updates.Too many stayed put. It's always like that when it's been a long time since the last big one. {not that I can talk, I've never left for one}
I heard one guy on the radio say he didn't know it was going to flood. If me and you were talking about it last week, I'm pretty sure some of the local TV stations mentioned there was going to be 30-50 inches of rain.
...which would be the prudent thing to do in the path of a hurricane, granted, but some folks have other concerns.
I was in Florida during the summer of 2005 when the state got hit by 4 hurricanes. Three of them actually hit where I lived, fortunately glancing blows. I had no way to get away. That's a very sinking feeling...