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They stood by their decision, citing the late change in the hurricane’s forecast track. Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis backed them up, saying, “As that track started to shift south in the computer models the next morning, they called for the evacuation, they opened their shelters and they responded very quickly to the data. The National Hurricane Center routinely warns officials and the public not to focus solely on the storm’s track and cone because the graphic doesn’t show the areas that will be impacted or the size of the storm.
And Ian was huge, almost miles wide. Destroyed homes on Matlacha Island, Fla. Carlos Osorio for NPR hide caption. James Franklin, the longtime chief of forecasting at the National Hurricane Center says, “I found it frustrating to hear all the back and forth whether Lee County was in the cone or out of the cone when that really shouldn’t have been the focus and it shouldn’t have been a part of anybody’s decision-making.
Another key fact is that National Hurricane Center advisories and graphics showed that the northern part of Lee County was always in the cone. On Tuesday morning, the day before lan hit, the eye of the storm’s landfall was moved south from Tampa to Sarasota County.
It was a relatively small track adjustment, but made a big difference because the hurricane was approaching the Florida coast at such a sharp angle. Franklin says, “So, you could have a relatively small track error left or right and that would translate into a big change down the coast. Ian also gained strength as it approached the coast, increasing its impacts. NHC forecasters had warned of this rapid intensification. It’s been seen in other recent hurricanes, a consequence researchers believe of warming oceans and climate change.
There are many practical reasons people fail to evacuate before a major storm. It may be about caring for pets, elderly parents, or past experience from earlier hurricanes. But it all comes down to one thing—whether they see it as a real threat.
LSU’s Brian Wolshon says, “The perception could be in how it’s communicated to them, or what information is provided to them, or what their life experience is. If they don’t feel a direct life-and-death threat, they’re going to be less likely to leave.
The National Hurricane Center will conduct a post-storm analysis of its forecasting and messaging for Hurricane Ian, including an examination of why so many died.
Governor DeSantis has suggested state and local officials will be conducting their own review. Accessibility links Skip to main content Keyboard shortcuts for audio player. NPR Shop. Questions keep swirling why a Florida county delayed Hurricane Ian evacuations Most deaths were in Lee County, where local officials delayed hurricane evacuations until the day before the storm hit.
Leaders in other nearby counties ordered evacuations a day earlier. As Ian’s death toll rises, questions swirl on why more Floridians didn’t evacuate. Facebook Twitter Flipboard Email. October 8, AM ET. Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday. They’re just starting to assess Hurricane Ian’s impact more than week after the storm made landfall south of here.
Little Gasparilla Island has only ever been accessible by boat. Ian dealt a severe blow. You can see the destruction as the boat eases up to the dock — hundreds of downed trees, brown vegetation, power lines on the ground, and pieces of metal roofing strewn all about. Jake echoes his dad’s view of what’s ahead of them both here and in other hard hit communities in Southwest Florida. Jake is a senior in high school but his classes have been postponed because his school is being used as a shelter for people displaced by the storm.
So for now he’s helping his dad clear debris and try to salvage what they can from their two-story home on Little Gasparilla. Power crews are working on the island, but there’s still no electricity. Just about all of the or so houses on the island suffered serious damage. Some structures were completely knocked off their pilings. Day climbs the front stairs and is met by disarray.
A deck railing is gone, the house’s siding is stripped from the north side of the building, and one wall is completely detached. Inside, there’s water damage. Black rings are forming around the light fixtures, and the drywall is soaked in one corner where the roof may have lifted.
In less than a week a ceiling is covered with mold at the Day house. It survived Category 4 Hurricane Charley that year but Day says he wasn’t prepared for what Ian wrought. Back on the mainland in Charlotte County, recovery from Hurricane Ian is also proving to be a challenge. Huge boat storage warehouses are crunched, blue tarps cover leaky roofs, and business owners are taking stock of what’s left. All those things are just pretty much gone. Those are all gone. The patio at Ricaltini’s was destroyed in the hurricane.
Wall lives in an apartment behind the restaurant. It got water damage but is livable and he’s letting his his parents stay there for now. Their home was destroyed in the hurricane after the roof collapsed and it flooded. He has a harrowing story of how he wasn’t able to rescue them until the waters receded two days after the storm.
Hurricane Ian shook up the Florida landscape and people’s way of life : NPR – Hard-hit Sanibel Island will be ‘out of commission’
Most people who died during the catastrophic storm had drowned, state data shows. Ian’s storm surge proved fatal. Most deaths were in Lee County, where local officials delayed hurricane evacuations until the day before the storm hit.
Hurricane Ian: Death toll surpasses as the search for survivors continues in Florida | CNN
Most deaths were in Lee County, where local officials delayed hurricane evacuations until the day before the storm hit. LITTLE GASPARILLA ISLAND, Fla. — John Day and his year-old son Jake loaded up their Carolina Skiff this week with a case of water. Times reporters on the ground take stock of one of the deadliest storms ever to hit the state.
