It was a group of 4 of them, sounds like 2 went and two decided to stay home. If I was 25 I would definitely go. Being older and more cautious now, I would probably stay home too. It would suck to get stuck there in the aftermath of a direct hit.
Seems like people in the area aren't taking it seriously yet.. it would help if the NHC wasn't primarily always so conservative with their forecasts.
I think the last 5 storms have all broken their forecasts high. Lee last year made their skew curve "underestimating in verification".