[backhoe]

Locator bump, Luis-- I grew up on the Atlantic, and we are now on a peninsula with water on 3 sides. I would not bet the old Victorian pile we're in would stand such a storm- although it is at least high off the ground...

[Luis Gonzalez]

Then my friend, I have one solid piece of advice on how to prepare for a hurricane.

Leave.

Get those things that you couldn't possibly replace, and get the hell out of harm's way.

[Luis Gonzalez]

Andrew's tantrum
The storm surge and hurricane winds lifted the 210-ton freighter The Seward Explorer from Biscayne Bay to Old Cutler Road, a distance of about 500 feet.
(Sun-Sentinel/Carl Seibert)