[robot180]

Even though it sounds so bad, it would be worse trying to evacuate, sitting in a car, running out of gas, in traffic, for two days, no hotels, then the storm gets there and you haven't even gotten to Orlando yet. That might be a little exaggerated, but I go to the safest possible building to get into and stay there.

During Frances, my dog had to go out and wouldn't use a pile of newspapers. We opened the shutters over the front door just barely enough for her to slip out. We only did this since the wind was blowing away from the door. She ran out, did her thing, and got back ASAP. While she was out, I got to witness about 90 mile per hour wind. I watched the palm tree next to the front door slowly lean more and more. The next day, the tree was at a 30 degree angle.