I'm with Quasi on his point. I'd rather see evacuation that turns out to be unnecessary after all than people dying unnecessarily. The numbers of fatalities in this vs that, here vs there or then vs now are not something that warrants a pissing match over. Sure, a high death toll is terrible but any number unnecessary and avoidable deaths is a terrible thing. I'd rather see the system err on the side of caution than the alternative. If people are focusing more on fiscal costs or inconveniences of such things then they are clearly in need of a cranial/anal extraction.