Orlando Executive airport after Charley hit

Robert Bates wrote:
As a West Coast pilot, can anyone explain to me why people don't move their
aircraft out of the way of these storms? I'd call in sick and miss a day of
work before I risked by 30K+ investment.

1. That's what I have insurance for.

2. I have other more expensive assets (house) that I don't want to leave (unless
there's an evacuation order, of course).

3. Funny (maybe) story about hurricane Fran, 1996. I'm based at Raleigh-Durham,
about 150 or so miles inland. Fran was forecast to come ashore at Wilmington, on
the coast. Fran didn't read the forecasts, mostly missed Wilmington, hit
Raleigh-Durham pretty hard. As far as I know the only aircraft damaged at
Raleigh-Durham was one based at Wilmington that the owner had flown to RDU to
get it out of the way of the hurricane.

Himmacanes (aka Charley, Andrew) just go straight ahead, don't stop w/o
turning. So see where they're pointing and get out of the way.

Buuut those Hurricanes wander about, turn w/o signaling and just plain go
where they want and you w/ have no idea where that w/b.

Thx, {|;-)

Victor J. (Jim) Osborne, Jr.