[Oorang]

How have you and yours (and your daughter and her hubby) faired with the last go-round of 'canes?

[ExSoldier]

Thank you for asking. We here in South Florida have thus far dodged a bullet. But our resident expert weatherman, Bryan Norcross of WFOR CH 4, Miami, has indicated that a huge high pressure ridge may force Ivan to pull a Hurricane Betsy (Betsy pulled a loop de loop and swung around to plow right into south Florida) and force it back to the south, possibly merging with Jeanne.

The kids are fine. STUPID but fine. They have so far refused to board their windows and so far this has worked out of dumb luck. I just hope their luck holds, because they might find insurance hard to come by in paying off if they find out the kids were negligent in not boarding their windows.