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You know, since I've lived in Hawaii, we've never been hit with a hurricane. They always miss Oahu.

:::knocking on wood:::

Mark wrote:You know, since I've lived in Hawaii, we've never been hit with a hurricane. They always miss Oahu.

:::knocking on wood:::

I've been here in Houston for almost 16 years, and we've never had a direct hit. The last one was Hurricane Carla in 1961.

My mom came up here; I'd rather have her here than by herself down in Sugar Land, and I've got enough supplies for two people for at least a week - maybe two. I guess all my paranoid 'hoarding' wasn't so neurotic after all.

It only paranoia if there ISN'T a threat, right?

Mark wrote:It only paranoia if there ISN'T a threat, right?

Exactly. If I were building a pole shift shelter, then I'd be paranoid.

Exactly

Whew - just heard the latest. At least you're not in Galveston, where officials are promising "certain death" if you live in a one- or two-storey home and don't evacuate. Of course, being on a barrier island with a 17-foot seawall and expecting a 20+ foot storm surge could do that to you...

Mikey wrote:Whew - just heard the latest. At least you're not in Galveston, where officials are promising "certain death" if you live in a one- or two-storey home and don't evacuate. Of course, being on a barrier island with a 17-foot seawall and expecting a 20+ foot storm surge could do that to you...

Surfside (the place where I lived on the beach for a few months a while back) is unlikely to be standing at all when this thing passes. I don't have to worry about flooding here (thankfully), but I already know firsthand the power of the wind, and I'm not looking forward to a 80 - 100 mph gale...

We have areas like that here - every big storm (we're in more danger from nor'easters than hurricanes, generally) wipes out whole rows of houses and tracts of beach. Interestingly, these are also the places with huge 5-10 million dollar homes with 150' bulkheads, riparian grants, and private beach property. I keep thinking that one day, no insurers are going to back those properties, but they keep rebuilding.

Mikey wrote:We have areas like that here - every big storm (we're in more danger from nor'easters than hurricanes, generally) wipes out whole rows of houses and tracts of beach. Interestingly, these are also the places with huge 5-10 million dollar homes with 150' bulkheads, riparian grants, and private beach property. I keep thinking that one day, no insurers are going to back those properties, but they keep rebuilding.

There are houses like that in Surfside. And, I know the insurance companies are already crying foul; for once, I agree with them.

Wow 90 mile an hour winds, we're lucky to see 50km and hour down here.

Well, the predicted track has shifted. Now, instead of going by to the south, it's going to hit us directly.

Good luck, man. Up north here we don't get many direct hits by hurricanes; I've never seen one firsthand. At worst I've seem the very edge of one cut through, with effects little worse than a strong thunderstorm (we get plenty enough of those). 'Tis lucky for my fellow New Yorkers and I, since this is a coastal city. The longest I've been without power was during the great blackout of 2004, and where I live that was only 10 hours (folks in Cleveland were without power for over a week) - though it was one of the hotter days of that summer.

Captain Picard's Hair wrote:Good luck, man. Up north here we don't get many direct hits by hurricanes; I've never seen one firsthand. At worst I've seem the very edge of one cut through, with effects little worse than a strong thunderstorm (we get plenty enough of those). 'Tis lucky for my fellow New Yorkers and I, since this is a coastal city. The longest I've been without power was during the great blackout of 2004, and where I live that was only 10 hours (folks in Cleveland were without power for over a week) - though it was one of the hotter days of that summer.

You bring up a good point: I've never been in a hurricane. Tropical storms, sure, we get those all the time; this is waaay bigger. Should be interesting. As for loss of power, I did live on the beach in a tent for a few months (it got up to 110 that year ), so I'm sure I can "rough it" in my apartment for a few days if need be.

Heh. I tend to go crazy when I don't have a working computer (with a working internet connection)

(never mind that I *need* both of these things for schoolwork, and to do the online writing work I get paid for)