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Let's pray for that, I know that's what I've been praying for last couple of days!!!!
Another tip...something I learned during the Floyd evacuation.
I live near Savannah, and by the time we left most of the hotel rooms were taken by displaced Floridians and Georgians from further south. I had no problem finding a cabin in a state park though. They had several available. Apparantly no one thought to try them. I don't know how many state or national parks are in southern Florida, so it may not be an option; but I figured it wouldn't hurt to mention it.
That seems extremely unlikely. There's nothing to move the Bermuda high out of the picture and hurricanes don't crash into high pressure ridges. They try to skirt around them.
The western edge of that ridge is what Frances is riding now. The ridge could weaken somewhat during the next couple of days allowing for a more northerly landfall than the current projection, but it's not going to go away.