A high demand for bottled water resulted in Publix producing one truckload of water bottles, equivalent to about of water, roughly every 90 minutes at their facility in Lakeland. As Erin approached Central Florida, approximately 14,000 people stayed overnight at the 200 shelters opened throughout the state. Many people on the east coast were wary of Erin due to recollections of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Andrew just three years earlier. Officials in the Florida Keys ordered the evacuation of residents living in mobile homes, with the Red Cross opening 17 shelters that could collectively house 15,285 people. Additionally, tens of thousands of vacationers left the Florida Keys. Officials in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties combined ordered the evacuation of close to 650,000 people. Lucie County officials issued a mandatory evacuation for coastal residents, an order followed by around 30,000 people. Around 600 people stayed at a shelter in the county. In Brevard County, approximately 100,000 people living on barrier islands received orders to evacuate. NASA rolled back Space Shuttle Endeavour from the launchpad to the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center due to Erin. A flood watch and high wind watch were issued for all of eastern Central Florida. Tornado watches and warnings were also issued for eastern Central Florida. Central Florida theme parks including Cypress Gardens and Splendid China closed for one day. Although other attractions such as Disney World, SeaWorld, and Universal Studios did not close for the storm, they opened a few hours later than normal on August 2. Residents and some officials in the western Florida Panhandle may have been inadvertently lulled into a false perception of security due to the NHC projections showing the storm striking near Apalachee Bay, while advisories later on August 2 indicated a landfall in Mississippi. As a result, evacuation orders were issued with short notice. Approximately 10,000 coastal residents in the Florida Panhandle evacuated, though only about 600 people stayed at a local shelter. However, of the others who evacuated, approximately 1,300 people stayed at a shelter in Escambia County and 500 people at shelters in Santa Rosa County. Emergency workers sent evacuation notices to 2,003 residences of Pensacola Beach by pre-recorded phone messages just hours before Erin made landfall. A total of 812 people evacuated from the community as a result. Overall, only about 30–40 percent of those ordered to evacuate chose to do so.