NO LONGER a hurrcane fan...YES Ive Bailed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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NO LONGER a hurrcane fan...YES Ive Bailed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have seen the unpedictibillity of hurricanes as was shown with Charley... Charley caused many deaths...Bonnie caused a tornado in my county and was first spotted very close to my home. We now have Earl which 2 models (UKMET and NOGAPS) say florida. My theory that all hurricanes turn at a pivotal poin in a season points to fla as well.... We are under the gun!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am hereby bailing out of the I WANT A HURRICANE CATEGORY.... Send Earl and all future storms to the fish!! I will continue to be interrested and Helpful but Im no longer wishing this on myself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Storminole
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Sorry, but you're registered in the "I Want a Hurricane" category and open enrollment has ended. Mother Nature doesn't allow you to change your selection midway through a hurricane season.
But hey, after the hurricane comes we'll all be nice and not let your neighbors know that it's all your fault.
But hey, after the hurricane comes we'll all be nice and not let your neighbors know that it's all your fault.
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away all canes!!! 
Clearly what we have here is a reformed "Wishcaster" Welcome aboard Jekyhe32210. Your common sense certificate suitable for framing will be in the mail. Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. Now get out there and stock up on supplies,
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Anonymous
At least Florida may be able to say "Goodbye Earl"-
Anonymous
Ahhh... how nice to read this here, all `canes are not equal but the big nasty ones that many wish to see they all have one thing in common a history of dread for any living thing in its path.
A word of wisdom in this somewhat nutty forum of what many times resembles a bunch of young kids not knowing what can happen and just looking at the excitement of the moment or the fact that life is a fragile thing and no we are not invincible. We all felt like that as teenagers then hopefully we mature to see that it isn't so and many of the dumb things we do or wish for as a Kid we were lucky to live through.
Even a teenager won't enjoy the long aftermath of not having power, AC, play station II, computers (darn computer geeks), cold drinks, or many types of food. These are very long term things even if they last only a few days in the heat & humidity of the summer in the southeast.
Its no fun not having a place to go to the bathroom or shower, or privacy ... Boiling water that taste awful or smells worse to wash off in. Hot water??? where did it go?
The surreal after the storm days last forever and everyday seems like in slow motion, being tired is a new way of life, lack of sleep the key word- people become aggressive, rude, & nasty. Many will snap back back at you like a pit bull on a short leash.
Waiting in lines for simple things we took for granted a couple days earlier.
Jobs are gone, money is tight, business that took yrs to build are destroyed leaving many in bankruptcy.
Mosquitoes, and many other bugs drowning in your sweat... but many still bite the hell out of you making you feel even worse. Putting bug spray on 24/7 is the option and hopefully you have a place to go to wash the stuff "off".
It shakes one to their core knowing everything they had is gone, it won't be back soon, many treasured items of deceased releatives or tokens of important family events lost forever, erasing ..poking a black hole in your memories, as the Hurricane fills that hole flooding the memories forever - much longer than it lasted.
recovery is slow while the hurricane excitement was fast and furious.
Think about not having any of your clothes or being able to clean the ones you have left, maybe your pets are gone forever.
The fear of what is left being further ruined by heavy thunderstorms or worse humans looting through your families belongings.
Starting over is hell, its never over, you never regain that sense of safety you had prior to the destruction of your community and the threat isn't anything you can control. Some people will never achieve what they have lost, some people will be lost in years of depression and despair that will never leave them until they are dead.
Even after, that is "if" you return to rebuild in the same place you will always have ominous signs of the hurricane staring you in the face because of the large trees and changing in the natural world which heals much slower. The big trees are gone or have changed forever, trees that you never thought would break like match sticks, trees maybe over a 100 yrs old are gone. The certain thing is none of you community will ever live to see those trees grow back as you remember a few days before
we just don't have that much time on Earth.
Any natural disaster fuels similar types of problems unique to the area they hit. Its a very sad state of suffering.
We often hear, & its true - "we have lost everything we own, but thank God we are alive" fades, whewww...it fades fast after a l-o-n-g, long week of aftermath and the shock hits that you have nothing. Many people will have a period of time they question their faith, wondering why the Lord didn't spare them even after much prayer
....On the same hand there will be incredible acts of compassion and love from total strangers that makes you tear up, with a gut feeling of gratitude that you just can't express.
Your community will pull together maybe and neighbors you didn't even know could become life long friends that offer a long term bond and love.
Some don't even have proper insurance or any insurance, really true for long term older residence inland. They will have even a harder road to tow.
Property Insurance will be the next incredible issue the State of Florida will face as very shortly now the insurance companies will further pull out of Florida or raise rates so high no one can afford them except the extremely wealthy with million dollar beach homes. This will cause more of a crisis and further loss of peoples homes in the long term aftermath of Hurricane Charley. Andrew caused a massive withdraw of Insurance companies form Florida and made it extremely difficult to obtain the insurance along the coast, with yearly increases if you can get insurance of a average 33% increase a yr & higher deductibles for wind damage. These rates can be expected inland now, and I would suspect many more in populated coastal areas will lose their coverage therefore may have to sell if they have a mortgage.
The canes are interesting to watch and track, and illustrate mother nature with a awesome beauty from a far. The thrill of the storm is exciting, but face to face with loss of your entire life.
With Regrets I have been there in the past, though I still enjoy some of the thrill (which I can't fully understand) I also realize the risk to my own Families well being living along the coast and think daily about moving. I don't have much and I thought I would have much less this Sunday AM, I thought the above would be my own plight now. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy, I didn't pray it would or would not hit, these entire events are just numbing.
Though I don't have a lot I will offer what I can to help these people rebuild. My thoughts are with the victims & even when the news quickly changes direction to some other world event this rebuilding will be long term. Just as it was or still is from other major canes.
Regards,
Mike
A word of wisdom in this somewhat nutty forum of what many times resembles a bunch of young kids not knowing what can happen and just looking at the excitement of the moment or the fact that life is a fragile thing and no we are not invincible. We all felt like that as teenagers then hopefully we mature to see that it isn't so and many of the dumb things we do or wish for as a Kid we were lucky to live through.
Even a teenager won't enjoy the long aftermath of not having power, AC, play station II, computers (darn computer geeks), cold drinks, or many types of food. These are very long term things even if they last only a few days in the heat & humidity of the summer in the southeast.
Its no fun not having a place to go to the bathroom or shower, or privacy ... Boiling water that taste awful or smells worse to wash off in. Hot water??? where did it go?
The surreal after the storm days last forever and everyday seems like in slow motion, being tired is a new way of life, lack of sleep the key word- people become aggressive, rude, & nasty. Many will snap back back at you like a pit bull on a short leash.
Waiting in lines for simple things we took for granted a couple days earlier.
Jobs are gone, money is tight, business that took yrs to build are destroyed leaving many in bankruptcy.
Mosquitoes, and many other bugs drowning in your sweat... but many still bite the hell out of you making you feel even worse. Putting bug spray on 24/7 is the option and hopefully you have a place to go to wash the stuff "off".
It shakes one to their core knowing everything they had is gone, it won't be back soon, many treasured items of deceased releatives or tokens of important family events lost forever, erasing ..poking a black hole in your memories, as the Hurricane fills that hole flooding the memories forever - much longer than it lasted.
recovery is slow while the hurricane excitement was fast and furious.
Think about not having any of your clothes or being able to clean the ones you have left, maybe your pets are gone forever.
The fear of what is left being further ruined by heavy thunderstorms or worse humans looting through your families belongings.
Starting over is hell, its never over, you never regain that sense of safety you had prior to the destruction of your community and the threat isn't anything you can control. Some people will never achieve what they have lost, some people will be lost in years of depression and despair that will never leave them until they are dead.
Even after, that is "if" you return to rebuild in the same place you will always have ominous signs of the hurricane staring you in the face because of the large trees and changing in the natural world which heals much slower. The big trees are gone or have changed forever, trees that you never thought would break like match sticks, trees maybe over a 100 yrs old are gone. The certain thing is none of you community will ever live to see those trees grow back as you remember a few days before
we just don't have that much time on Earth.
Any natural disaster fuels similar types of problems unique to the area they hit. Its a very sad state of suffering.
We often hear, & its true - "we have lost everything we own, but thank God we are alive" fades, whewww...it fades fast after a l-o-n-g, long week of aftermath and the shock hits that you have nothing. Many people will have a period of time they question their faith, wondering why the Lord didn't spare them even after much prayer
....On the same hand there will be incredible acts of compassion and love from total strangers that makes you tear up, with a gut feeling of gratitude that you just can't express.
Your community will pull together maybe and neighbors you didn't even know could become life long friends that offer a long term bond and love.
Some don't even have proper insurance or any insurance, really true for long term older residence inland. They will have even a harder road to tow.
Property Insurance will be the next incredible issue the State of Florida will face as very shortly now the insurance companies will further pull out of Florida or raise rates so high no one can afford them except the extremely wealthy with million dollar beach homes. This will cause more of a crisis and further loss of peoples homes in the long term aftermath of Hurricane Charley. Andrew caused a massive withdraw of Insurance companies form Florida and made it extremely difficult to obtain the insurance along the coast, with yearly increases if you can get insurance of a average 33% increase a yr & higher deductibles for wind damage. These rates can be expected inland now, and I would suspect many more in populated coastal areas will lose their coverage therefore may have to sell if they have a mortgage.
The canes are interesting to watch and track, and illustrate mother nature with a awesome beauty from a far. The thrill of the storm is exciting, but face to face with loss of your entire life.
With Regrets I have been there in the past, though I still enjoy some of the thrill (which I can't fully understand) I also realize the risk to my own Families well being living along the coast and think daily about moving. I don't have much and I thought I would have much less this Sunday AM, I thought the above would be my own plight now. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy, I didn't pray it would or would not hit, these entire events are just numbing.
Though I don't have a lot I will offer what I can to help these people rebuild. My thoughts are with the victims & even when the news quickly changes direction to some other world event this rebuilding will be long term. Just as it was or still is from other major canes.
Regards,
Mike
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It's OK to be a hurricane fan. They are fun to track, discuss, forecast, compare and contrast, etc. Now the damage is a different story, but that's something one accepts by living in a coastal area. Camille made landfall about 8 miles east of me (wasn't here then), but it's a risk I took.
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Timing is everything - Lili in 2002 was a cat 4, then as it made landfall, weakened rapidly to a cat 2 at best when it hit LA. Charley took the opposite approach.
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Timing is everything - Lili in 2002 was a cat 4, then as it made landfall, weakened rapidly to a cat 2 at best when it hit LA. Charley took the opposite approach.
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