I find it stupid in all of this that we didn't even have voluntary evacuations in place. Our mayor seems to want to amaze us with how stupid he is.
In all fairness, you literally always have a voluntary evacuation in place. You can get virtually the exact same information as the mayor or whoever the hell would call for any type of evacuations.
I've sure as hell never needed anyone else to tell me when to get the hell out of dodge. I've stayed when I was told to go and I have left when I was told not to go. I don't trust a politicians word on what he had for dinner, why in holy hell would I trust him about when I should get my family to safety with a storm that I can see coming?!?