Oh, we get remnants of them sometimes; rain, wind, and/or severe storms/tornadoes.
But since we often get that same weather without it being a hurricane remnant, we don't really think of it as hurricane weather.
Hurricane Irma, it appears, is going to be hurricane weather.
Yesterday I was offering a safe place for family & friends along the east coasts of Florida and Georgia to come stay....Today I woke up in the direct path of the hurricane.
I want to say, "Oh, it'll be fine. We went through Opal in '95. It was fine," - which is true, we had some minor damage, and the power was out for a week or so - but Irma isn't Opal, and we really have no idea what it's going to do, so I think it would be as dumb to say that as my sister, who lives in central Florida and is staying there during this storm, saying, "Oh, we've been through hurricanes before. It was fine."
They may have been through hurricanes before, but they haven't been through a hurricane like Irma before.
According to the chart, she'll be in the 100-120 mph winds area.
Kind of funny, in a way, since she still whines about how traumatized she was/still is when hurricane Andrew went through (near?) northeast Georgia in '92. Which were probably 50mph at most. Pfft.
My Dad also is down there, but more north, in/near the Big Bend. He should be in the area of 60-80 to 80-100mph winds. Not to mention, flooding and/or tornadoes.
Stubborn arses!
They're staying to "protect" the house and their stuff - what are they going to do, hold the hurricane off at gunpoint? Threaten it? What?
That's just crazy.
I like stuff, as evidenced by my hoarding, but no stuff is worth the fear and anxiety and awfulness of sitting through a raging hurricane.
It's going to be bad enough here as it is, if it was any worse, I'd be somewhere else, and the hurricane and/or looters could have the place. Everything is replaceable, and that's why I have insurance.
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