Hurricane Ian Watch

[lewdog]

Originally Posted by Frazod

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.

Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

People stay for different reasons, and it happens all the time. Some don't buy the hype. Some have nowhere else to go. Some don't want to leave a longtime home. And so on.

We've seen it time and again, and it's not just with hurricanes, or in Florida, either.

Understood. I've only lived in states without natural disasters so it's hard for me to understand the thought process.

I have friends in Tampa with triplet 5 year-olds. They have plenty of money and family to have gone somewhere else for this but chose to stay. Just seems like a weird choice, but again, I've never thought about it much.