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Well…it is that time of year again and since NOTHING is on TV, we have been sitting here watching the Weather Channel.
I live 60 miles Southwest of New Orleans and we had Katrina and Rita in 2005 and nothing last year….but this year looks like it is going to be nice and hot in the Gulf of Mexico.
I have so many pets, we stayed for Katrina and Rita..Katrina was scary but we had only roof and fence damage. I spent several weeks after Katrina volunteering at the shelter…it was unspeakable..we were the closest town that had facilities to house the people the Coast Guard pulled off of roofs.
I am a little worried about Dean….all the meteorologist take educated guesses every year and many times they are close and many times they are not!
If the high pressure system sitting over us slides a bit to the east…then thi monster could turn and head straight for Louisiana and Mississippi..
Ivan followed a similar path in 2004….a bit scary..
Just rambling..probably “Weather Channel Overload Syndrome”
I proabably should watch a bit more of the weather channel to keep up with potential hurricanes. Since my husband and I moved to coastal Georgia though we have been very fortunate not to have a hurricane go through our area. The one time I did travel “inland” to get out of the path of a hurricane it ended up following me. After that I decided unless there was a mandatory evacuation for my area I wasn’t going anywhere.
pegasi1978 wrote:I proabably should watch a bit more of the weather channel to keep up with potential hurricanes. Since my husband and I moved to coastal Georgia though we have been very fortunate not to have a hurricane go through our area. The one time I did travel “inland” to get out of the path of a hurricane it ended up following me. After that I decided unless there was a mandatory evacuation for my area I wasn’t going anywhere.
If we get another Katrina we are leaving…it was scary…at least 100 mph plus where I was..
But I have 10 small dogs, 4 cats, 5 sugar gliders and 2 hedgehogs. We also have 6 cars…so we would have to crate everyone, put them in the truck, put the Vette on the trailer and I would drive seperate in the Viper….What a nightmare, but I do have crates for everyone….
Even though we have insurance, I couldn’t leave anyone behind except the older cars…the Windstones would have to stay, except maybe the BEP OW…
I understand how you feel, Keschete. No one can predict where a hurricane will go. Once it hits the gulf, anything is possible. I’ve seen them do U-turns in the gulf and go back across Florida.
For now, unless the weather changes, Dean is headed to Mexico by the middle of the week.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/Being that I live in hurricane alley in my state of FL, I feel your stress, K. Last I heard, southern TX was looking at possible concern. However, as already pointed out, sometimes the models grossly misread projections and, anything can happen when it hits the Gulf (including the already mentioned dreadful U-turns). I LOVE storms and am fool headed enough to walk out in the middle of a hurricane just to get trounced by the wind and pelted with rain. I just wish that they didnt cause destruction and death to both human and animals.
Im a native NYer and back in 84 (I think) we dealt with Hurricane Gloria. I was at boarding school and had the wind not shifted, one of our HUGE oak trees in the quad would have fallen on the mansion and through my window and bed, but instead it was taken down in the other direction.
Since Ive lived in FL since the end of 1993, weve dealt with some snippy storms in south FL; but nothing was ever major. And that is when I was closest to the coast (east). I moved to central FL in Dec. 2001. Since then, I have seen and been through more intense weather than south FL ever served up. I live in the most narrow part of the state, so, during the rainy season, even with no hurricanes, when the west coast system & east coast system move inland, they meet up over my head and cause intense, dangerous thunder & lightning storms. I relish it but respect them as well as the fear they instill in others.
In 2004, we had a most major hurricane season. We were hit directly back to back to back with Charlie, Frances and Jeanne. We were nipped by Ivan and Rita and even Katrina as well since she was so massive. There were other feeder bands we were hit with too but after a while, storm names run together. My late fiance, his father’s side of the family are all cops; mostly homocide cops but others as well. When we were together, he built us a house that would specifically have room for at least 50 puppies at any given time, with NO compromised living space restrictions; quite the opposite (he was an architect… I thought I was playing it safe as Id never marry a cop. When I found out his family were mostly cops, I was relieved that he was an architect. I thought, right, was a building going to fall on him. The irony here is that he was killed in the first tower during 9/11… Im being blunt here and Ive worked through all this and accept it so if your eyes are wide 😯 that I could be so candid, understand I had a lot of support and therapy from this since I was also on the phone with him at the moment his floor sustained that direct hit).
Anyway, we had lots and lots of dogs born in our house that were then groomed into going through the K-9 police academy (I loved putting on that big marshmallow suit for “take down” training 😀 ). Whether they went into the force or not, they all had that training. None were ever sold and if they are still alive (none ever died in the line of duty), they remain with either someone in his family or mine or with very close friends. The point Im getting at in an anti-cliff notes version way, is that we have many SAR dogs (Search and Rescue). So, when the initial threat of a devasting hurricane has left, Im part of (as is Nicole and Anthony; my sis/bro in law) a volunteer program that take our dogs and do a SAR for both people, but animals as well. There are many orgs that focus on seeking out humans first. Many times the animals (domestic and wild) are forgetten about after a storm. So Nicole, Anthony and I decided to make as best use of our SAR dogs and volunteer to seek out animals in distress. It is a very warming and rewarding feeling to reunite a family with their storm displaced pets as well as save some wildlife that got trapped or tangled up due to the hurricanes. I cant move as well as I use to, but Id rather colapse in a field somewhere while trying to save an animal than kick the bucket while watching a movie or tv show.
Sorry for the novel. I had just wanted to come in here and tell you Keschete (and any others in the potential path of hurricanes), to be careful, good luck and that my thoughts are with those in those areas. I always try to direct positive energy towards any location that a storm is heading. If youre worried Keschete, then my thoughts are with you even though Im scared of you cause youre a bidding & offer making dynamo! ::ducks and runs even now::😆
PhoenixTears wrote:Im a native NYer
Me too!! What part of NY are you from?
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My art: featherdust.comI live on the coast, close to Tampa, FL. I watch every hurricane closely. You just never know which one will have your name on it. 🙁
I dont know how you guys do it, I live far from any coast, I mean other than that damn hale, and that was an oddity, I dont have to watch for weather. I do have to keep a close watch on forest fires, one road in and out of the city I live in, I cant imagine 100,000 people flying down it to get out of town if the fires came to close.
I do hope that you guys do stay safe. I think the closest thing I had to watch out for was a tornado (I think it was about 5 years ago). The next thing I would have to watch out for is a earthquake, but that doesn’t happen very often either.
I know my next door neighbor’s son now lives in Corpus Christi, TX, so he is definitely keeping his fingers crossed that Hurricane Dean doesn’t move further north. He’s prepping getting the essentials ready, should he have to beat it away from the coast. Hurricanes need to give the Gulf states a break.
Keschete, you’re near NOLA? 8) PM’d you.
Kinda glad, NYS doesn’t have to worry too much about hurricanes, except the 5 bouroughs… maybe a little bit north of that on the Hudson River would see some flooding and bad storms when a hurricane comes inland. Blizzards and ice storms seem to be our biggest thing, with stream and creek flooding here and there. Still, everyone be safe this hurricane season, those of you near the coast!
Nambroth wrote:PhoenixTears wrote:Im a native NYer
Me too!! What part of NY are you from?
I grew up on Long Island and spent summers mostly in the suburbs of Buffalo or Plattsburgh (way upstate west for Bflo and way upstate north on Lion Mountain in Merrill NY for Plattsburgh, about 30 miles south of Montreal). Both gorgeous areas.I am so glad that I live away from natural disasters of all types.
Hopefully this hurricane is the worst of the season.
I hope everyone secures their lives just in case this time is bad
Try living in Earthquake country!!
We still never know when they will hit or how strong they will be. At least with hurricanes you can see them coming. 1987 was a 7.2 earthquake in No CA and many got hurt or died from something they could not warn us about.Yea Hurricane Season Again. I live on the southeastern coast of FL. I moved here is 1998 and the first thing that happend was the backlash from Hurricane Irene in 1999. We had so much rain in 24 hours the sewer system couldn’t handle it and it was about 3 days before I could get out of my cul de sac because there was several feet of water in it. Fortunately the driveways all slant toward the street. One of my neighbors had a canoe and they were paddling around the cul de sac.
Then came 2004 with Frances and Jeanne which just missed us by going a little north but the winds were very strong. We had about 40 tall palms in the cul de sac and several of them fell on neighbors roofs so just about everybody in the cul de sac (10 houses) got out and between all of us we went into the tree removal business and got the downed trees off everybodys houses.
In 2005 Wilma came from the west coast and hit us directly. But by that time Frances and Jeanne had taken out so much landscape there wasn’t much for Wilma to take out. I lost 6 tiles off my roof but luckly that was about it.
The Boynton area always seems to get the outer winds and they can be bad but its better than a direct hit. You just get better prepared and more knowledgable with each one. For Christmas 2004 my b/f gave me a generator so when Wilma came I had my refrigerator and freezer along with two of my neighbors refrigerators pluged into it. I felt it was more important to run their refrigerators than my lights and I have several lanterns anyway.
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