Decisions were made based on the best available information at the time.

“Decisions were made based on the best available information at the time. As the storm progresses, I can tell you three days out from the storm all of the weather forecasts took the storm into the big bend and slowly began to come south. But even 24 hours in advance, the storm was predicted to go into Tampa,” said County Manager Roger Desjarlais during an Oct. 3, 2022 news conference.