The news from Haiti is terrible, and I haven't seen anything yet today about the Bahamas but they got hit hard.

I remember Hurricane Andrew, back in the '90s. My job at the time involved managing direct mail campaigns. I got a phone call from the person who handled our list processing to tell me he was getting ready to fax me a list of all the ZIP Codes in Florida that had been wiped out so we could suppress them from upcoming mailings. A lot of homes and businesses were destroyed. These storms can be so powerful.

I'm glad Sheila evacuated, not glad that it was necessary but glad she heeded the warnings.