HurricaneQueen wrote:I'll second that.
Hurry Cane has a good head on her shoulders and is not new to hurricanes. If she says she has a plan, then she does. I can appreciate your concern but please let her make her own decisions. I will be praying for her along with everyone else in harms way. Stay safe everyone.
Lynn
HC-please check in after the storm and let us know how you are. We care!
Hello dahlings, I'm baaaack! Back, that is, from assisting others with their hurricane preparations (namely,
Mississippi Storm Magnet). Just so you don't think I'm self-centered.
But enough about me, let's talk about me!
I do not respond to bullies and that is why I felt (and still feel) no need to answer soonertwister's posts. Plus it's my birthday and I can do whatever I want. Nyah. Thanks very much to lsu2001, HurricaneQueen, crazycajuncane, and all the people of S2K that are such awesome folks.
You guys are cool and I don't mean to worry y'all so...to give the nice people a better picture of the situation:
1) I coordinate my evacs with fellow poster
dhweather, who is not related to me but might as well be (brother from another mother). Last year we got most of the kinks worked out with our Ivan evacuation and we are both comfortable with the decisions we make. While I realize that every storm is different and thus every evacuation will be a bit different, we have the basic tenets of our evac and decision-making process down to a science. Because we are nerds that way.
2) Dhweather doesn't make these decisions lightly because a lot of people here in our neighborhood respect his weather geekness and often make their decisions with his advice--along with, of course, heavy NHC pimping--in mind.
3) My home is at 80 feet elevation.
4) I know I'm likely to be on the west side of the storm. However I am not foolish enough to think that a) this will continually be the case until landfall and b) that we will be free of the reach of the hurricane. Thus the house is boarded and all the stuff that might try to flee the yard via Air Dennis is safely tucked away.
5) I have friends and family that I can stay with from Slidell/New Orleans to anywhere from 10-300 miles inland in Mississippi. I get around, yo.
6) We are absolutely continuing to monitor the storm and will make changes in our plan as necessary.
7) The 11 PM advisory (and all others prior) worry me, make no mistake. When I get nervous I default to humor and laughing to try to defuse things and not cry. This absolutely doesn't mean I don't take things seriously.
8) I am not a moron. I have a couple of degrees in engineering and I know what wind does.
So I'm tired of talkin' bout me. I'd like to ask for your prayers for some friends of mine that live in Gautier, Ocean Springs, Mobile, Pensacola, Milton, Destin, and Niceville, because it is likely (not a given, but likely) that they will suffer much more from the storm than I will.
Best,
HurryKane
and one last thing: I never claimed that my evac plans are appropriate for everyone or anyone else but me. And I never will.
