Kindly note there is a strong reconstitution of water vapor where there was nothing more than a sparse amount 12 hours ago. There can be no guesswork. The decision makers need to know for sure there is a landfalling storm and then define the mandatory evacuation order for the states where the RAIN will fall. No exception. There is no safe place when the land is saturated. Lives need to be safe and there is no alternative to ensure the safety of the people. This is another Katrina and there are states of people that need shelter and not just a large city.
I never met this more in my life. Kindly look to the entry below for satellite 12-hour loop. Thank you.
The greatest reason for evacuation of any kind is compromised safety of the people. There will be no emergency services available to them and that is not acceptable. People must move to a safe location outside the states where police, ambulance and hospitals are still available to them. This is not an option.
This level of a state of emergency is not new to the southeast USA. When Floyd was making landfall, the states south of North Carolina, I think it included Florida, evacuated directly north up I-95, By the time the people in Wilmington evacuated the highways were full of license plates from Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. The hotels as one neared Raleigh were full. A person had to travel west, all the way to Greensboro, NC to find an empty hotel room and/or welcoming shelter. The people can do this, they have done it before.
UNISYS Water Vapor GOES East Satellite
2330.34z
September 24, 2018