BRING IT ON 2006!

[Audrey2Katrina]

I can say I enjoy it when hurricanes make landfall however I don't enjoy the aftermath personally or wish suffering on people... that's just a consequence of us getting in the way. It really is a huge event (maybe a little too huge). You can't separate the two but in some way you can. I'm sure there are people on this board that felt a little bit of a letdown when a strong hurricane approaches the coast and falls apart (say Lili 2002). Even after Wilma came off the coast of Florida and make a bee-line this way... it was a strange mix of "oh crap" feelings when it intensified and "darn" when it stopped. I think everyone sees this through a different lens.. if I had been at ground zero of a Cat 4-5 I would probably have a different perspective. I can understand both young and old revelling in the power of mother nature and still being terrified when it comes to the coast.. but having this one little bit inside that wants it to get worse. Just a part of human nature I suppose..

To each his or her own, Benny; but I think I speak for quite literally millions in that we want NO PART of seeing one of these monsters hit anywhere near a populated area. Yes they are beautiful when seen from a safe distance... but what they leave behind is all too often human misery of an apocalyptic nature--not pretty at all.

A2K

[Audrey2Katrina]

whew, not having a good day today A2K? lol, we all have days like that

Yeah, Ivan. Maybe just one too many flashbacks in reading posts I might well have done better not to have read at all... I think I'll just go out with the gang tonight and get hammered. Maybe that will help me look at things through one of those different lenses.

A2K

[Skywatch_NC]

A couple days late...but better late than never...

"WELCOME 2006 ATLANTIC TROPICAL SEASON!!"

Eric

[Scorpion]

If you cannot live in a secure home and have the ability to secure your belongings you shouldn't be living in areas vulnerable to hurricanes. I have no remorse for people who build poorly constructed houses on barrier islands and then keep rebuilding after a hurricane destroys it.

[SouthFloridawx]

If you cannot live in a secure home and have the ability to secure your belongings you shouldn't be living in areas vulnerable to hurricanes. I have no remorse for people who build poorly constructed houses on barrier islands and then keep rebuilding after a hurricane destroys it.

You sir have no control over what comes out of your mouth do you?

EDIT: Or what you type.

[Ivanhater]

whew, not having a good day today A2K? lol, we all have days like that

Yeah, Ivan. Maybe just one too many flashbacks in reading posts I might well have done better not to have read at all... I think I'll just go out with the gang tonight and get hammered. Maybe that will help me look at things through one of those different lenses.

A2K

haaaaaa, have fun tonight!

[Ivanhater]

If you cannot live in a secure home and have the ability to secure your belongings you shouldn't be living in areas vulnerable to hurricanes. I have no remorse for people who build poorly constructed houses on barrier islands and then keep rebuilding after a hurricane destroys it.

let me post my earlier post again try to take it to heart

You know, it all comes down to RESPECT. (starts humming Aretha Franklin song) If you are one who wants to experience a major hurricane, fine. No one on this board is going to change your mind, but have respect for those on here that have lost everything or knows people who have lost everything. Many of us on the northern gulf coast have lost to much over the past 2 years and we are not asking for sympathy or a pity party, just respect. I could go on for a long time but I think this will be suffice.[/b]

[Audrey2Katrina]

I have no remorse for people

ADMITTEDLY out of context.... but I think it sums up the individual in question. Yes, it's judgmental in nature--but based on many observations.

A2K

[Audrey2Katrina]

I could go on for a long time but I think this will be suffice.

Apparently not Ivan... maybe you could use a shot or two yourself.

A2K

[GalvestonDuck]

If you cannot live in a secure home and have the ability to secure your belongings you shouldn't be living in areas vulnerable to hurricanes. I have no remorse for people who build poorly constructed houses on barrier islands and then keep rebuilding after a hurricane destroys it.

One word - evacuation. Simple as that. A "secure home" is one thing; protecting one's life is a whole other thing.

Do you have any "remorse" for people who live in tornado alley, flood plains, mudslide risk areas, earthquake regions, or forests threatened by wildfires?

[SouthFloridawx]

If you cannot live in a secure home and have the ability to secure your belongings you shouldn't be living in areas vulnerable to hurricanes. I have no remorse for people who build poorly constructed houses on barrier islands and then keep rebuilding after a hurricane destroys it.

let me post my earlier post again try to take it to heart

You know, it all comes down to RESPECT. (starts humming Aretha Franklin song) If you are one who wants to experience a major hurricane, fine. No one on this board is going to change your mind, but have respect for those on here that have lost everything or knows people who have lost everything. Many of us on the northern gulf coast have lost to much over the past 2 years and we are not asking for sympathy or a pity party, just respect. I could go on for a long time but I think this will be suffice.[/b]

Scorpion I know you have said that you don't care what other people think but, why would you want to say things that are borderline trolling. I know you are not stupid but, I would say that you don't care about how others feel. You may want to look up the word "Compassion" in the dictionary. Oh wait here I did it for you:

compassion

n 1: a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering [syn: compassionateness] 2: the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it [syn: pity]

Also "compassionless" which would be the lack thereof.

[Ivanhater]

I could go on for a long time but I think this will be suffice.

Apparently not Ivan... maybe you could use a shot or two yourself.

A2K

I think your right.

[sunny]

I could go on for a long time but I think this will be suffice.

Apparently not Ivan... maybe you could use a shot or two yourself.

A2K

I think your right.

Come on over!

[Audrey2Katrina]

A2K, your comments were well-thought and context quite easily grasped. Please know that most of us understood you completely, and we also empathize with what you and many others here have experienced. The "cringe" part hits home and raises the hairs on the back of my neck...
<<<<<hugs>>>>>>

BTW... Thanks a mil. Bvigal! Greatly appreciated. And what a beautiful place to call home you have! only been in that area once; but I'll never forget it!

A2K

[bvigal]

A2K, when you get to the others at P.O.'s, and you all have Hurricane's in hand, please raise your glasses to all the good folk here at S2K who wish they could have joined you guys this weekend!!!! (and who could use a drink ourselves - no worry, that easily remedied!)

[Ivanhater]

I could go on for a long time but I think this will be suffice.

Apparently not Ivan... maybe you could use a shot or two yourself.

A2K

I think your right.

Come on over!

Wish I could, already have plans tonight. I hope you guys plan another one and I will definitely be there! New Orleans is pretty close to Pensacola so not to long of a drive

[Audrey2Katrina]

A2K, when you get to the others at P.O.'s, and you all have Hurricane's in hand, please raise your glasses to all the good folk here at S2K who wish they could have joined you guys this weekend!!!! (and who could use a drink ourselves - no worry, that easily remedied!)

Don't I KNOW that! Will do!

Memories, memories!

A2K

[sunny]

Wish I could, already have plans tonight. I hope you guys plan another one and I will definitely be there! New Orleans is pretty close to Pensacola so not to long of a drive

We are hoping to have a "we made it through" at the end of the season, so keep this in mind

[Audrey2Katrina]

Wish I could, already have plans tonight. I hope you guys plan another one and I will definitely be there! New Orleans is pretty close to Pensacola so not to long of a drive

Rest assured, there'll be more. This is "party central" (not to mention "Great Food Central") in spite of all that's happened. We'll keep a seat waitin' for ya next time.!

A2K

[MiamiensisWx]

Sorry that I can't make it to the New Orleans party. Please don't shoot me!



Hope you all have a blast there!