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![]() Fernandez, 43, a project manager for a remodeling company, will have five people stay with him during the storm-several friends and their parents. On Thursday, he boarded up his house with plywood, stocked up on water, canned vegetables and potted meat, and sent his wife and two daughters, who are 11 and 6 years old, to a cousin’s home in Lafayette, La. Fernandez kicked his preparations into high gear. He says he took three factors into account: The forecast models heavily favored a Miami landfall he believes that hurricanes that hit Florida typically dissipate before they reach his area inland and he is leery of looters after the storm.īut when Irma started to take aim at the West Coast of the state, Mr. In Riverview, Fla., southeast of Tampa, Bernie Fernandez made his decision to stay put early in the week. Here's why the conditions in these months make them more likely to form there. Said he thought officials had worked quickly to open shelters and “a lot got opened in the last two days.”Īugust and September mark peak hurricane season in the Atlantic basin. “So the consequences of them not evacuating are tremendously high,” he said.Īsked about officials’ response to Irma’s western turn, Gov. The issue is especially pressing because southwestern Florida is the area most prone to storm surge in the state. “In actuality, they forecast it to come to Florida and it came to Florida.” “Everybody is going to say, ‘Well, they forecast it to go east and it went west,’” Mr.
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