A scene showing the Castillo's living room. Couches face the TV, which is on, tuned to the Weather Channel. There is a floor lamp next to the TV. On the cabinet above the TV are a bust of Beethoven and a model train engine. A ceiling fan can also be seen above the couches. Through the window, partly cloudy skies glimmer in the evening twilight.
TV screen titled "The Weather Channel, weather.com, Current Conditions in Pensacola." Text on the screen details the temperature, wind, dewpoint, humidity, visibility, barometer, and weather.
TV screen showing Doctor Steve Lyons, hurricane expert, in front of a track map of Tropical Storm Erin.
Map of Florida, with the Atlantic Ocean on the right and the Gulf of Mexico on the left. It indicates that the coasts all around the lower half of Florida are under a Tropical Storm Watch, as are the Bahama Islands to the east. Islands farther to the south and east, such as Ragged Island and San Salvador Island, are under a Tropical Storm Warning.
Map showing the southeastern region of the United States, including the Bahamas, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Atlantic Ocean. The map shows the position of Tropical Storm Erin. Text in the top right corner of the map reads: "July 30, 8:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time. Storm Location: Latitude: 22.3 North, Longitude: 73.2 West, Pressure: 1004 millibars. Wind speed 83.4 kilometers per hour." The storm center is in the Atlantic Ocean between the islands of the Turks and Caicos (to the south) and the Bahamas (to the northwest). Cuba is southwest of Erin's position.
A scene showing the Castillo's living room. Their dog, a golden retriever named Hugo, is standing next to the couch, wagging his tail, and holding the handles of an empty blue duffel bag in his mouth.
A scene in the Castillo's living room. Hugo the dog is holding the duffel bag in his mouth and looking up at Gilbert. Gilbert (wearing khaki pants, black shoes, and a white tee-shirt) is reaching for the duffel bag.
Gilbert is standing looking at you and holding a blue duffel bag out toward you.
A scene showing the Castillo family storage closet. It's a large closet with doors on each side and shelves between. On the wall at left hang a set of keys and a purse. The shelves hold an electric fan, some blankets, a bedroll, disposable plates and utensils, a can opener, a flashlight, batteries, a boom box, a small yellow radio, some candles, board games, shoes, a first-aid kit, a plastic gas container, and a cooler. A surfboard rests against the right wall and a set of clothes hangs from a hook on the righthand door.
A scene showing the Castillo's office. A blue chair is placed in front of the Castillo's laptop computer, which has a pair of external speakers. There's also a printer and phone on the desk. Against the wall is a bookshelf with a set of red encyclopedias and a potted plant. On the wall there is a corkboard with a calendar and pin-ups of the local emergency evacuation plan and a conversion chart.
A chart covering the southeastern United States, the northern Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and the northern tip of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. The land surfaces are shaded gray, while the ocean areas have latitude and longitude markers. Two little flags have been pinned onto the map. A red flag marks Fort Walton Beach, Florida. A blue flag is stuck to a place in the Atlantic Ocean, near the Bahamas. Next to it, someone has handwritten a note, "Tropical Storm Erin Day 1".
A local map of Okaloosa County, Florida, where Fort Walton Beach is located. Along the bottom of the map is the Gulf of Mexico. A row of barrier islands and sandbars, shaded dark blue, separates the Gulf from the mainland. The beach and coastal areas are all shaded yellow. Areas farther inland and surrounding an inner harbor, are shaded red. The remaining areas of the map, farther inland from the red-shaded areas, are unshaded. A color-coded legend indicates:
- Areas of water (light blue).
- Evacuation zones for category 1 hurricanes (shaded dark blue).
- Evacuation zones for category 2 and 3 hurricanes (shaded yellow).
- Evacuation zones for category 4 and 5 hurricanes (shaded red).
There are two handwritten sticky notes stuck on the map. One reads, "Colored areas show where hurricane storm surge may cause flooding. Our flood zones are fairly narrow due to the steep continental shelf and barrier islands. Other cities can have much greater flooding."
The other sticky note says, "Aunt Betsy always evacuates because she lives in a mobile home. We live in the red zone and only have to evacuate for a Cat 4 or 5."
The display screen for the Castillo's laptop computer. Two big icons are showing, one titled "Storm Track" and the other titled "Hurricanes and Tropical Cyclones." There's a third smaller icon that looks like an upward-pointing arrow with the word "Resources."
