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Pastimes : Hurricane and Severe Weather Tracking -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: redfish who wrote (2290)	8/28/2005 3:05:31 PM
From: MoneyPenny	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26092

After sitting huddled in our safe room watching Hurricane Charley abruptly turn and head right towards us, we did not wait to see if Ivan would threaten us 3 weeks later. We left early before an evacuation was announced, but it still took us 9 hrs. to drive to Orlando from Fort Myers (usually 3 hrs). I had my husband, dog and cat and just a few photo albums and records in the car. As it turned out, the evacuation was not necessary as Ivan turned but I believe I did the right thing for us. As it was, the stress was too much for my very ill husband and he died while we were in Orlando. I fully understand the horror and terror that the people of LA, MS and AL must be feeling right now. New Orleans is a special city, one of the few unique places left in our ultra-homogenized, malled, and Disneyfied country. I pray that a miracle can spare it. A category 5 in unimaginable to me. Today I drove out to Sanibel and walked the beach. The sun was shining, there was a steady but not strong breeze and the shells were being kicked up by the millions. Sanibel is recovering from Charlie just a year ago but all of us here are changed from the event. Money Penny