Unfortunately, if it's anything like Irene, all of Miami-Dade and Broward County residents will go to work like nothing's happening, because the storm is supposed to go up the west coast -- and then it will come right at us, businesses will close mid-day, and everyone will be trying to drive home in the middle of a TS. Remember that fun?
Don't remind me. I remember I decided not to go to school that day; just had a gut feeling in the morning that this was going to something bad so I stayed home; I remember all the local mets saying this was going to go west of us and nothing will happen, just some light rain and they even had Alex Penelas, who was then county mayor, going on TV and telling everyone that everything is normal and that all businesses are open; boy was everyone wrong, except the NHC, who had put watches and warnings for the EC of Florida