Anonymous wrote:This weather system is still a tropical storm. As Floridians will tell you, the "cone of uncertainty" will surely change. It's too early to tell where it will go or how strong it will be. I would be surprised if the convention in Tampa went as planned and did not cancel. There's too much uncertainty. I was going to grad school in Tampa when hurricane Charley was approaching. The day before the storm was about to hit, they evacuated students and I drove down south Fl right into it's path. It did a last minute turn, while I watched on TV right for us-and bam! We were in a house missing a roof and tornadoes wrecked the town. I hope they cancel it for safety of attendees.
Tell me there's not a small part of you who wants to see GOP convention-goers huddled in the Tampa Convention Center, subsiating on bottled water and freeze-dried rations, much as the poor people of New Orleans were huddled in the Superdome when Katrina hit.
Of course I don't want that - but because of the devastation that would hit Tampa and the rest of Florida, not for any concern for the comfort of the convention attendees.