Matthew hasn't been a fraction of what he was predicted to be... Which is WONDERFUL news!!
I still want to give major props to the State of Florida, FPL, and everyone else involved in the preparations for Matthew's arrival. They were ready.
Florida has been spared it seems, still a little time to go, but it won't be anywhere near what the Bahamas and other islands received.
Yes, they were wrong. They are wrong the majority of the time. It doesn't mean that they misinformed us, or that everyone shouldn't have been prepared. All that means is that we're dealing with Mother Nature, and she plays by her own rules. There's a reason why they put almost the entire east coast of FL under a warning, when it wasn't possible to hit that large of an area, it's because you have to anticipate the worst.
I said this yesterday- hurricanes move at any given second. That is why it is so imperative to be ready, but don't panic.
Everything about this has been so different than the past.. Florida was spared this time, but if it a strong hurricane really does come next time, I'm confident that we will never see the power outages and other issues of years prior.
To those who have moved to Florida in the last 10 years-
Please don't let this mislead you into thinking that next time you may be as lucky. You can never count on that. Just do what you did this time..and all will be good