[Moonman62]

Lived in Florida for almost 30 years, been though several hurricanes including Andrew.

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I know people who survived the eye of Andrew. They had interesting stories to tell, like roofs blowing off, windows breaking and hiding under mattresses, but they were all uninjured.

Then there’s the people who end up in the ER because they fell off a ladder while putting up plywood.

[GOPJ]

I know people who survived the eye of Andrew. They had interesting stories to tell, like roofs blowing off, windows breaking and hiding under mattresses, but they were all uninjured.

I know people who survived the Andrew too - got in their bathtub with their young children with a mattress on top - and said from that point on they would evacuate when told to...

[Guenevere]

We didn’t evacuate for a category 1, which stalled off our shore.

I still remember the shrieking winds and power lines snapping
My husband spent the evening bailing water from our living room....
Tornadoes were all around us, taking the roof off our local supermarket

...me?....I was in the hallway with mattresses trying to protect our two children, one a baby

We thought....Category One.....meh

Yeah, right