We have always stayed behind primarily for the dogs we've had. Most of which were saint beranrds but now (after 10 of them) we have a terrier mix. In a situation where a major hurricane were to appear we'd probably stay behind---though a few years a go we were tempted to leave when a category 5 was coming. Luckily when we decided to say it became a 3 or 2. We wouldn't be here if we had that category 5.