Originally Posted by sperbonzo

Actually, nursing homes in Florida have a legal responsiblity to evacuate their patients. Last summer, my girlfriend was working in a nursing home. They had to evacuate the entire thing 4 times. It was a major pain in the ass, but they had to do it to protect the patients. And this is for hurricanes that were not nearly as strong and not headed directly for them.

The fact that these people did not evacuate the old people in that facility when they are required to is absolutely criminal. It is NOT up to the city, It is up the the facility. It's part of the care that you are paying for in that kind of facility.