Video of Michael coming ashore at Mexico Beach. Horrifying!

[littlemissmartypants]

42. I can only speak to the question of 'why' for those I have

Talked to, who stayed during Florence. Money. No gas or accommodations money. There also seems to be a contingent that believe looters are going after their stuff. The most frequent answer was no money to go anywhere far enough away to even sleep in the car. The roads were blocked for days, too. Many people who did leave couldn't get back for more than a week afterwards. I don't know many people who have saved enough to get them through one day of missed work much less 6-7 days in a hotel. Of those that left, many were fired from their jobs. People are poor and getting poorer. Many had no insurance either, which depending on the carrier, will pay for evacuation, if your governor declared a state of emergency. Thousands of people are now being evicted from their apartments. Some with less than a day to get out. So whether they stayed or not, they're being forced to leave now.

Good question, YOHABLO.

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