Yeah its jaw dropping footage, and harrowing stories unfolding down there

Is it fair to call it Floridas Katrina?

No, nothing will ever be that bad here. Katrina wasn't just a bad storm is was a civic failure dating back to he cities inception.
This is however a storm that will rival Andrew maybe.

Lol no dude it’s just a cat 4 hurricane

Katrina was a cat 3 hurricane. But it was the water and dikes that caused such destruction. Not the wind.

A direct hit on Tampa or a direct hit on Miami, for instance, could be even worse than what is happening now.

But hopefully, we won't see another Katrina.

Although I fear it may be only a matter of time.

If this one had come ashore where it was predicted to 24 hours earlier, you would have had 15 feet of water go into a metro area of 4 million people.

And it was moving at 5 mph. That is a long time to have a hurricane over you.

Jim cantore can take it. He has done it before

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">7:30pm : No signs of slowing down here in Punta Gorda. This parking garage is home for at least tonight. Storm surge moving in. <a href="https://t.co/7sTWKN7bvU">pic.twitter.com/7sTWKN7bvU</a></p>&mdash; Connor Croff (@WeatherWConnor) <a href="https://twitter.com/WeatherWConnor/status/1575274481400135681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Can’t be because Bush isn’t President.


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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dog rescued from sailboat in Fort Myers. He went back and got a cat too. <a href="https://t.co/JFcWl4972g">pic.twitter.com/JFcWl4972g</a></p>&mdash; Brian Entin (@BrianEntin) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrianEntin/status/1575242972123258880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I am honestly asking, as I have no experience with any type of disaster like this. Why don't these people evacuate? Or more so, what's the reason for staying and "waiting" it out when it's predicted to be so bad?

It's a phenomenon called Florida Man.

Andrew is still the worst in South Florida.

They aren't going to want to play a football game in Florida this weekend. Right?