Denice Pozo, right, with family and friends in Coral Gables on Friday. “People keep texting me, ‘You’re crazy to stay,’ ” said Ms. Pozo, 48 years old, whose home is one block away from an evacuation zone. But “our house is solid.”Across coastal South Florida, holdouts have hunkered down, sometimes shacking up with friends and relatives. “Call up family, friends, coworkers, anyone who does not live in an evacuation zone and ask them for shelter,” he said. “We’re ready to ride this out,” Ms. Pozo said.

Source: Wall Street Journal September 09, 2017 16:35 UTC