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fightforfreedom

(4,913 posts) Thu Sep 29, 2022, 08:36 AM Sep 2022

I think when the hurricane turned right it fooled a lot of people. [View all]

For days it looked like the hurricane was heading for Tampa where my son lives. People south of there may have thought they would be on the outer edge of the storm and decided to ride it out. When it turned right it may have been too late for them to leave.

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I think when the hurricane turned right it fooled a lot of people. [View all] fightforfreedom Sep 2022 OP

Deja vu for Hurricane Charlie in 2004 MaryMagdaline Sep 2022 #1

Right turn and went from a Cat 2 to a Cat 4 overnight. Lochloosa Sep 2022 #4

It really fooled Trump, he predicted it would hit California. Emile Sep 2022 #2

Between his amazing mental imagination powers and his magic sharpie EYESORE 9001 Sep 2022 #10

My thoughts too. NCDem47 Sep 2022 #3

They were told its going to Tampa. LisaL Sep 2022 #7

But there was always a cone NCDem47 Sep 2022 #9

I'm up in NC watching closely and the forecasts I saw were always uncertain. yardwork Sep 2022 #16

What I don't understand is the people that live on the coastline who stayed. fightforfreedom Sep 2022 #8

It fooled the forecasters, which in turn caught a lot of people out. sir pball Sep 2022 #5

I don't think they were fooled. The ones I saw said they didn't know. yardwork Sep 2022 #17

Hurricane's track doesn't shift. LisaL Sep 2022 #6

TV forecasters.... OneBlueDotS-Carolina Sep 2022 #11

The forecast cone doesn't help kcr Sep 2022 #12

That's what I thought Leith Sep 2022 #14

I've noticed that too! yardwork Sep 2022 #18

There can be a lot of reasons why people don't evacuate. Chainfire Sep 2022 #13

+1 llmart Sep 2022 #15

Yiu must have been in Charlotte? yardwork Sep 2022 #19

Yes, I was. llmart Sep 2022 #21

Denis Phillips and others said for days it would be south obamanut2012 Sep 2022 #20