Largest Mass Evacuation In American History Taking Place In Florida

At 80 miles wide, with 155 mile per hour winds, Hurricane Irma is terrifying in its perfection, with warm, deep water and minimal wind shear helping it along. And after it devastated Caribbean islands, Irma is making its way straight toward Florida. Unlike during Hurricane Harvey, where most local officials ordered their residents to shelter in place, the message with Irma has been, run. “If you’re in a evacuation zone, you’ve got to get out,” Florida Governor Rick Scott said on Good Morning America Friday morning. “You can’t wait.” And so, with plenty of warning, as many as 6 million people could book it out of the state’s three most populous counties, Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach, ahead of Saturday’s landfall.