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Originally Posted by lewdog
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?
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I'd say it's a combination of things. People tend to think nothing horrible like this will happen to them until something horrible like this happens to them. And the media treating
every storm like it's going to be the end of the world certainly has a hand in desensitizing folks that one time when the danger is real. And sometimes folks are either too old or infirmed to evacuate, or just decide to roll the dice, or are just plain foolish.
Between the oppressive heat and humidity and the ever-present threat of storms like this blasting your life away, Florida isn't a place I'd ever consider living in the first place.