Hurricane Irma Aftermath

2oldman wrote:
Predictions are difficult, but imagine if they under-estimated the impact.

No doubt!!! Agree with you completely.
I've spent most of this day re-arranging schedules, communicating with clients, and changing plans. That's just me, a small fish in a huge sea of other people doing the same. I began to think about the scale of impact this has the economy and governmental service sectors. Without including the cost of addressing damage, think of all the people who evacuated early last week and in some cases won't be returning until later this week. From my perspective, I'm looking at roughly 2 weeks of lost/reduced productivity due to storm prep and not being able to return back fully. People left their jobs, communities, volunteer services, etc. all just to flee a storm that didn't need to be fled (in some cases). But again, how do you know what's the best course of action? Better safe than sorry for sure. But I'm willing to bet that most people who evacuated fall into one the following categories: unemployed, not permanently employed, retired, semi-retired, disabled, had lots of PTO stockpiled. (Of course, that's not including people who were in the Keys and knew they'd be underwater if they stayed) In the areas that expected to be hit harder, I know that some companies sent their employees home and just shutdown.