Hurricane Francis and Family

Seems like we just did this worrying thing with a hurricane! People still cleaning up from Charley and now getting hammered with winds from Francis awaiting land hit, now predicted for early am hours tomorrow...

My brother and sister-in-law are right in the projected path of St Lucie county..They live in port St. Lucie and he works in West Palm...They DID NOT evacuate...Mainly due to the fact they have a new home that is suppossed to withstand hurricanes...They have all their shutters up and have spent the last 3 days preparing for this..

They had intentions of leaving, but quickly found that there were no motels or hotels available all the way through southern Georgia...Other people tried to leave, after spending 13 hrs. on the highway, only getting as far as Orlando, turned around and went home to ride it out.

I've never heard of a hurricane movng as slowly as what this one is...According to reports it may hammer areas for many hrs. before moving out...I Pray my family and everyone survives this with as little damage as possible....