We were working long hours this past week, never saw the news or weather.
We were definitely caught off guard when we found out there was a storm out there at CAT 4.
At first, I thought oh shit, please do not go into the Gulf of Mexico.
Then we saw the prediction of the hurricane's path.
At first we were relieved, then worried. We have family/friends along the East coast.
Hope there won't be too many deaths associated with it.
And when the officials tell the people to evacuate, hope they will listen.
Often times, people stay behind thinking they can weather it out. (pun intended).
But the end results, are not so nice.
My thoughts and prayers are with all the people that will be affected by the storm.
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My first experience with riding out a hurricane was shortly after we moved down South.
"I survived hurricane Frederick of '79"...was the motto. Ha.
We came out okay, lots of trees down, swimming pool took weeks to get cleaned out.
No power for about 2 weeks.
What I remember the most about the hurricane, was the damn constant howling of the wind.
As a young teen, that drove me up the wall and it was kinda scary. THE. WIND. NEVER. STOPPED.
And being in the dark for hours, did not help none. ha.
Mom had me stay in the closet under the steps....but you could still hear it howling, and as a kid, my imagination was running wild.
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ETA: nice spooky Doppler image BTW.
We were definitely caught off guard when we found out there was a storm out there at CAT 4.
At first, I thought oh shit, please do not go into the Gulf of Mexico.
Then we saw the prediction of the hurricane's path.
At first we were relieved, then worried. We have family/friends along the East coast.
Hope there won't be too many deaths associated with it.
And when the officials tell the people to evacuate, hope they will listen.
Often times, people stay behind thinking they can weather it out. (pun intended).
But the end results, are not so nice.
My thoughts and prayers are with all the people that will be affected by the storm.
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My first experience with riding out a hurricane was shortly after we moved down South.
"I survived hurricane Frederick of '79"...was the motto. Ha.
We came out okay, lots of trees down, swimming pool took weeks to get cleaned out.
No power for about 2 weeks.
What I remember the most about the hurricane, was the damn constant howling of the wind.
As a young teen, that drove me up the wall and it was kinda scary. THE. WIND. NEVER. STOPPED.
And being in the dark for hours, did not help none. ha.
Mom had me stay in the closet under the steps....but you could still hear it howling, and as a kid, my imagination was running wild.
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ETA: nice spooky Doppler image BTW.