A couple purchased two whale teeth with hand-craving etchings for $0. 20 cents. A decade later, Virginia and Paul Willards took the carved teeth to PBS' show "Antiques Roadshow. "

The next time a major hurricane threatens Florida, those with the money to do so can bypass crowded interstates and escape the looming destruction on a fleet of private jets. Brian Rems, a Galaxy Aviation executive who was unable to get plane tickets for his family at any price as Hurricane Wilma bore down on the state, has launched a new program called "HelpJet" to ferry up to 1,000 people to locations such as Atlanta, Charlotte and Nashville ahead of future storms.

Online gambling on hurricanes is becoming quite popular. The gambling operators who offer these types of bets claim that the historical data on hurricanes make for great odds due to unpredictable weather predictions. For example, wagers can bet on a range of hurricanes formats from the total number of hurricanes that occur to wagering on the odds of category strength status to how many storms will hit Florida residents or certain areas along the coastline.

Annie Bazoon-Singleton stumbles upon her wedding dress in the rubble left by Hurricane Katrina on the day of her first wedding anniversary. Like many others, the home of newlyweds Annie Bazoon-Singleton and Rivers Singleton were devastated by the disaster last year, which washed away much of their possessions. Singleton was rummaging in the only house left standing on her street. She then spotted a fabric flower through the pulled-up flooring. The flower was fastened to the cocktail dress she wore to her wedding.

You'd think they would have learned by now. Hurricane season is just a few weeks away, and a large number of Florida residents said they have not started preparing yet. A new Mason-Dixon poll finds 46 percent of people polled said they're basically ready now. Twenty-two percent said they would wait until a hurricane watch is issued, and 21 percent said they would wait until a hurricane warning is issued.