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...husband Todd flew with their two children, Jonah, 4, and Caroline, 2, from North Carolina to Cindy's mother's home in Massachusetts. This time, in contrast to previous years, they didn't gather in the old family homestead; Cindy's mother had downsized to a small two-bedroom condo. So Green installed herself on the living-room couch, Todd and Jonah slept in the second bedroom, and Caroline bunked with Grandma. "It was tough, especially because the first night, Caroline came down with a stomach flu and was throwing up all night," Green recalls...
...parents also have to be realistic about which holiday traditions to keep and which to ditch. The Greens, with newest member Nathaniel, 6 months, in tow, will be visiting Grandma again for Christmas but not staying in her condo. "It will be weird to be in a hotel while visiting home, but after last year, we swore never again," Cindy Green says. "Still, we want to celebrate the holidays with my mother. We've done that every year and hope to maintain the tradition...
When the Betz family first settled into a condo in Sandestin--with Albert, a commercial insurance broker, staying in Gulfport, Miss., to keep working--school caused immediate problems. A few days after the kids were enrolled in the suddenly overcrowded local school, they learned they would be bused to a different one 25 miles away, arriving late to that school and leaving early every day. Packed like crayfish on the road for an hour, they were loath to do homework...
...Kids can be excused for not anticipating the violence of a Category 2 storm like Wilma. But why weren't adults more vigilant? The Category 5 horror of Andrew occurred just 13 years ago. Yet the condo association at Pedroz's building actually forbids hurricane shutters. High-rise condo windows touted as hurricane-proof exploded during Wilma and rained shards on posh strands like Miami's Brickell Avenue; thousands of Florida Keys residents dismissed orders to evacuate; lines for gasoline and water stretched for miles just a day after the storm because so many folks had failed to stock...
...Brewster says he feels secure in his ground-level condo. During Hurricane Katrina, he simply rolled shut his hurricane shutters and invited friends over for drinks and a game of rummy. "It was just like living in a cave," he says of the snugness provided by the shutters. "I didn't hear anything." As soon as Rita blows over he plans to hit the Key Biscayne golf course to collect golf balls that shake free of the palm trees during the storm. "The golf course after a hurricane comes alive," Brewster says. "All the birds, all the iguanas come...