let us know at wnnfans.com. the price of gas really does affect your decisions. we re going away because of the price of gas. no kidding. and also the tunnels and tolls. i mean, every city has them. these highway tolls. they add up. you get the ez pass and sort of forget until the credit card bill comes around and you say whoa. we said it going into karen s package. a lot of people don t want to fly anymore because it costs so much to fly. if it s only a three-day weekend, it s kind of a hassle deal with the whole airport security thing. pack the car up and go. or stay home and do the stay vacation. that s what i m doing. hurricane bud has strengthened into a category 3 storm and making it the earliest major hurricane on the record in he eastern pacific. bud is whipping up 115-mile-an-hour winds as it inches closer to beach resorts along mexico s southwestern coast. but it s expected to weaken before making landfall tonight. the atlantic hurricane season is also getting