Montrovant
Fuzzy bears!
The weather channel and the federal and state and local officials were quick to cover their asses and tell everyone to get on the road and head north but it's likely that the politicians and the weather people had helicopters standing by. What happens to families in overheated cars or when they have flat tires and when they are stuck in twelve hour traffic jams? What happens to a family with an infant and dirty diapers and hungry kids who have to piss in bottles in front of each other on the road to nowhere? Will anybody apologize to them if it was all for naught?
As opposed to not issuing an evacuation order, having Irma hit Miami directly, and dozens of those same people ending up homeless or dead?
After what just happened in Texas, and with the power of this hurricane, of course the government is going to be cautious. It's an understandable desire to both keep people safe and cover their asses.