I’ve given up on trying to figure out why people stay when they should leave. Maybe it’s because many people in Fla. have seen so many tropical storms that will soon be a Cat.4 hurricane and then aren’t, that they routinely stay when they should run; some people are addicted to gambling and then they go all-in on a bad hand.

As for keeping food and water on hand — I really don’t understand not having at least a weeks worth of non-perishable food on hand always, let alone during hurricane season. I’ve got at least three weeks worth of freeze dried Mountain House plus a lot more in cans. Personally I much prefer fresh so the non-perishable items stay on the shelf a loong time, but they’re always there. So I just don’t get not having food for an emergency, especially living in Fla.