re: Hurricane Matthew

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Nikki Haley should have waited until today to make any decisions about evacuations

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I've been thinking the same thing. Calling for evacuations and school closures on a Tuesday afternoon, when the storm isn't even projected to hit until Saturday morning, seemed to be jumping the gun a bit.

I get that resources are needed and it's better to be safe than sorry, but clogging up the roadways and inland hotels this early may cause more headache than is necessary. Making the call 48 hours out offers a much clearer storm projection and also offers plenty of time for evacuation.

My concern is that, with things looking as dire as they were yesterday afternoon, the ball started rolling to move the game before a decision was necessary. Hopefully we're holding out to keep the game in Columbia for as long as possible, but mounting pressure from the governor to move a game is hard to avoid.


ETA:

GFS throwing a curveball (quite literally) on the projections of this thing:




Poor Bahamas getting fricked big time by this model.