Everyone out there today is a very sad day. Just like everyone else out there I have also been keeping close tabs on this storm. My Wife has friends and family in Lacoochee and Dade City Florida. Projected paths of hurricanes always come with a possible margin of error. I hear a lot of people out there blaming the Weather service, Fema, and other forecasters and government agencies about the unexpected path it took, but instead of putting the blame on anyone lets all learn from this. Mother Nature can always throw a curve ball at us. No matter how much technology we have we will never be 100% accurate every time. The authorities put the hurricane warnings out and mandatory evacuations. The problem is after so many misses people become too complacent and never think it can happen to them. Thats why loss of life occurs and injuries. I thank God when Hurricane Hugo came through South Carolina most everyone heeded the warnings. We all can learn a lesson from this and lets use this to better educate the public to help prevent loss of life and injuries from occurring. Hurricane Alex surprised alot of us. Man destroys his-self from building mobile homes and low class construction without following Hurricane codes at times . Un fortunately we continue to build in danger zones even though we know what can happen. Certainly hurricane codes for buildings help but when it comes to Mother Natures fury with such strong hurricanes even those buildings are under the mercy of the wind. Iheard reports on S2K of semis on roads; even saw a picture of the driver being carried out on a stretcher. No one should not have been on the roads during the storm. When Hurricane Hugo was heading to Summerville and they issued evacuations in Summerville , most people in my neighborhood left. My parents didn't leave because we all felt being 35 miles from the ocean we would be safe. After going through Hugo we said we would never stay during a major hurricane again. And believe you me I am glad to be up here in Berea South Carolina. Charley took that wobble and caught people off guard or were they really off guard. I say no because no one is perfect here. Instead of blaming the weather people we need to thank them for all that time and hours they stayed up for us. Charley blew up from category 2 to cat 4 so fast it caught us all off guard . Never do I remember a report from a reconnaissance airplane in fifteen minutes going from 125 to 145. The fact is that this year is going to be a very active year. I am sure we will here of more casualties and injuries unfortunately 
Alot of you were doing reports on s2k left and right and Thank you for that. Its hard for me to find the time. My son told me he wanted to go through a major hurricane so I told him to watch last nights evening news. He changed his mind after hearing reports about Sanibel Island, Port Charlotte, Captiva Island and many others. After hearing the death reports it breaks my heart. My Prayers and my families prayers go out to the Florida victims and friends and families. My thoughts and my families thought go out also. My thanks to everyone helping the victims and prayers for the rescuers that the death toll not be what they are talking in figures. Talk to everyone later. My wife and I love S2K. Jeff and Shiren
