Give me a break, ralph. You know as well as everybody else does that people should take some responsibility for their actions. If I said on this board that I thought Emily was going to turn into a Cat 5 and slam directly into Tampa, and somebody evacuated Tampa based on what I said, who's the bigger idiot?

Bottom line: listen to the NHC and follow their watches/warnings. If you make your plans based on something you saw in a chat room, you're not playing with a full deck in the first place.

My two cents......