[WestCoastGal]

"I wish people understood how important it is to leave ahead of the evacuation orders. You can always turn around and come back home."

That is the best piece of advice I have heard yet!

[Tarpon]

"I wish people understood how important it is to leave ahead of the evacuation orders. You can always turn around and come back home."

That is the best piece of advice I have heard yet!

I have a neighbor, he took your advice, left early. Went over to Palm Beach, this was last year. The hurricane ran right over him in Palm Beach. We got nil.

I have another friend who left their home in Tampa, went to Orlando. Charlie ran right through where he went in Orlando. He said he was never so scared to be in a car and hurricane. Tampa got nil.

Katrina was supposed to go north of us, we would be out of the range. It hit Miami and turned south, it went way to close to our south. We got 77 mph gusts.

So it doesn't always work. You takes your chances, but there is no magic bullet.