Hi,

Being a newbie here (posting, I have lurked around since 2 years) I would very much appreciate some expert opinions on the following:

I live in New Smyrna Beach, just south of Daytona, and hurricane Charley was very bad for us: a tornado ripped through my neighbor's house and we had major damage (my family spend two quite frightening hours in a walk-in-closet). Now it does look that Wilma is taking very much a Charley-like course, except that it is bigger and stronger. Some comments here stated that Wilma might not even loose any strength at all while crossing the Florida Peninsula. So my question is:

What kind of threat is Volusia County looking at? Could this be a Charley+ hurricane?

We have the option of evacuating to Orlando on Sat. morning to a sturdier house but that would put us closer to the hurricane. What should we do?

Many thanks!