ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The manager of one Atlantic City senior citizens home says all 80 residents there are defying evacuation orders.
Dorothea Arlotta says the residents of the 13-story Best of Life Park have worries about losing power or having some broken windows.
But they would rather wait out Hurricane Irene with their friends and caretakers than to go to an unfamiliar high school or college gym.
It would be traumatic for them to leave, she says — and more traumatic if something bad happens away from home.
She says residents feel a bit protected from wind by other nearby high-rise buildings.