yes ... the interesting thing is actually the "psychology" of the people. I was looking at that - on the commentaries here after Irma. It appears that a lot of Florida locals really left the "evacuation decision" until the final 24-hours before the storm hit. It seems as though people have to feel that "disaster is absolutely bearing down on them" before they will make a big move. A lot of Floridians did top off their gas tanks and buy supplies from the supermarket ... but as far as "getting out early" ... not so many did this. There is something primeval in the human mindset that tells us to "hunker down".

In fairness to the residents of Miami - they did evacuate when they were told to leave. That was a LOT of people on the highways.

More than anything else - this _psychological reluctance_ to evacuate early ... this torpedoes any hope of evacuating large cities.

But on the positive side ... those few who do get out early have got more open space in front of them.