I read an article about Hurricane Andrew, and have a good friend who went down there for volunteer work. It looked like a nuclear warhead.

If a cat 3 hit....my 34' trawler is toast. At least with a cat 5, I won't waste time trying to shore up the lines. ha! I will just get further inland a bit, and come back later. Andrew almost broke the insurance industry. It's amazing, the beach front buildings that have sprung up, even in the last few years. A heavy storm, and there is no way they could get everyone off of the coast. They say that they would open up both lanes...but still. The growth is way too much to withstand a major hurricane, let alone a category 4 or 5
We all know the disaster is looming. Just a question of when. I was in Mobile...my first year in the south, in 1979 when a strong Cat 3...Frederic..hit us. I will never forget it, and have been hooked ever since. The eye came over Mobile...we got the calm...then the opposite winds..the whole thing...

If an Andrew hit...body bags..

I love following the things...but who in their right mind would want a 5 to hit their home?....not me....