STORM2K

Southerngale and i were talking and we got onto the conversation that many people don't have their location in their profile. Yes, we are nosy! So....where are you from? Many of y'all haven't put your location in your profile (or chose not to but that's ok!) or didn't notice that box when you joined. There's been some times when members have asked questions but we don't know where you're from and that can keep you from receiving the answer you're seeking. If you don't want to put in your exact location you can put something like gulfcoast miss or central texas or florida panhandle.

So before you go off to add your location tell us where you are from if you haven't filled it in.

If you want to add your location, do this:

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Find the box that says location and fill it in
Hit the Submit button

An appreciative lurker (for a number of years) checking in from Merritt Island, FL

I just joined. I have no profile yet. I am your neighbor, Cajun Mama, from Baton Rouge, LA. Prior to Katrina, I belonged to the forum at the Weather Channel, but it was disbanded. I am hoping some of the people who are here came from those forums. There were some pretty good hurricane forecasters in that group. By the way, if you were in that group, I ran the online "Cajun Cafe" on the weather channel forums, but it was "destroyed" by Katrina.

Welcome momnick8. Many of us were originally from TWC's forums from years ago. I think that you will like it here.

I saw the id "Sanibel" and remembered there was a guy who lived on Sanibel Island who went through some of the 2004 hurricanes- Frances? I know he was giving us a good update on the hurricane up until he lost electricity, I believe.

We went through Gustav here and was without electricity & sewer for two weeks. We tried staying, going to our neighbor's for the bathroom. but my 12 year old daughter who uses a wheelchair is not supposed to remain in heat over 80 degrees so we went to an out of town hotel that normally charges under $50 a night, but were charging $100 at that time- but because the lower rate was considered a discount, they did not break any laws according to the attorney general's office (I checked). They had electricity but no cable so that was an extra rip-off. If I could have found a different place, I would have gone to it, but most of BR was without electricity including the hotels. FEMA paid $80 a night because of my child's disability and a local charity group kicked in the rest. FEMA would have bought us a generator which would have been ok had the sewer worked.

Before we moved into the hotel, I drove around with the kids a lot using the a/c in the van. Once I saw a line forming in a Walmart parking lot, and to my then 14 year old son's dismay, I got in it, not even knowing what it was for. We got a bag of ice and some wipes for my daughter. If they would have had her size diapers, we could have gotten that. We stayed in line about two hours and the Salvation Army fed us bologna sandwiches and soft drinks. The kids had their gameboys so I don't know what he was complaining about. I told him that one day, when he was very old, he could tell the story of how "after a hurricane, we waited for two days in a line and all we got was one piece of ice and an old sandwich!"

I'm from Cincinnati, Ohio originally...but married to a Marine so we're in Okinawa Japan now. He's part of a helicopter air crew so I think it's become something of a joke between him and his co-workers that I know about inclement weather before they're informed of it most of the time thanks to this site and other weather sites. I've always been fascinated by weather phenomena and have become addicted to typhoon tracking. Before living here, I lived in southern California for six years.

After the husband's military career is over in another six years, I think we're going to have to settle down somewhere with exciting weather. Not the plains states (I am TERRIFIED of tornadoes...I don't like the idea of a storm popping up on me). I prefer watching hurricanes, typhoons, tropical storms, etc. Nice to meet y'all that I haven't met already. And my screen name? Supposed to be Infidoll, but I misspelled it and didn't realize it until I'd made about 50 posts. Oops!

I am from India...

Originally from the greatest city in the world (Philadelphia, PA), spend most of my time in New Brunswick, NJ now.