Reply #17: According to the Olberman report.........

[ItsMyParty]

..they said that in these situations that the forecasters always "hedge their bets" because of how unpredictable these things can be and warn people that a large swath could end up being in the path of the storm's direct hit. They did this also in tis case. BUT Jeb decided to issue the emergency warnings, evacuations and all the personnel and money that goes with such warnings for basically Tampa and ignored these other areas that should have been undergoing evacuations until the deadly last moment when the storm turned. He was given the "wide area" that could be hit; but, like his brother, the big man 'called it' and like his brother's decisions over the last 4 years, it was, well, disasterous.