[brytlea]

When Katrina hit us, my area probably should have evacuated but the storm was expected to hit much further north and move due west. Instead, it came on shore, moved south and hit S. Florida instead. Over 1 million people without power, flooding etc.

Yeah, we thought she was going to hit us. As it was we were without electricity for 2 days, altho part of the problem was that the repair crew had to wait for a hive of bees to be removed before they could fix the problem! Hope you didn't fare too badly. susie

[Paradox]

I lost power for 2 days as well. We did get quite a bit of wind, and more damage than I thought for a Cat 1 storm. Part of the problem with South Florida is that because of Andrew, we regard anything under a Cat4 as wimpy. Katrina taught us a lesson, and now, twice..

[Brytani]

We were pretty lucky, I have no idea how but we never lost electricity - even during the height of the storm. Aside from the normal flooding and trees down, our only inconvenience was not having water for 3 days.

We stock water in our garage so drinking/dishes was not a problem for me or the animals but no shower/bath for 3 days was a bit uncomfortable.

Glad to hear you came through the storm with little problems. We are really blessed compared to Katrina's wrath on the gulf coast.