Jennifer Polo and her dogs Maggi, left, and Betsy, were back home waiting for her roommate to open the door Monday in Fort Lauderdale ... high banked against the wave wall along the beach.

“I started seeing a guy taking bets on the seawall as he was walking,” Fort Lauderdale resident Joshua Pettus said. “He was going to each guy on the wall and he was asking them if he wanted ...