"these 'minor' problems are what keep folks from evacuating"

[AGKISTRODON]

LOL, I just tie my butt to a pine tree. I'd go bonkers in a shelter! 60+ years in Florida, ain't blown away yet!B-)

[gimama]

1. that's why God made pines bend in the wind,huh?

actually, I have ptsd, & the tho't of being locked in w/folks, ANY folks, ANY WHERE,for ANY length o'time wierds me out. I sure did think about that, watching New Orleans Neighbors abandoned.

Now are You using elastic bunjee-cords,rope,duct tape or whut when You
make those hurricane preparations? ;}

[AGKISTRODON]

2. What ever my grandson hasn't tied in knots!

My old single wide sits in the center of woods and scrub so thick that it is protected pretty good. I'm about 35 feet above sea level, 11 miles inland.
Shelters seem to be run by little jerks who turn into storm troopers at the first chance, I guess I'm just too old and independent to be controled.
I know that shelters are good for many people, just not for me.