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Hurricane Survival Guide
It's time to brush up on your hurricane safety protocol.
 Most folks think hurricanes have a nasty reputation primarily because of the power of the wind. In fact, the classification system used by the National Weather Service to define the strength of a hurricane is directly related to the speed of the wind that is created by the huge swirling storm. There is no question that hurricane-force wind can do a lot of damage, tearing roofs off houses, shattering windows, and flinging debris through populated areas like so much deadly shrapnel. Trees are uprooted and buildings destroyed, leaving the stricken region looking like a war zone.
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Great gallery--some really sad, horrifying photos there. The power of nature never ceases to amaze me.
Now i see why so many people are moving to Montana
One more month and the odds turn in our favor
Alabamaoutlaw
Have rode out a lot of these buggers and every second is filled with anxiety.Got some cooler weather headed to te gulf it will help.
I was in South Dade County when Hurricane Andrew hit in 1992--my wife was pregnant & my older boys were 1 and 2 years old. We came through it OK, but some of what I saw makes these pics look tame.
Photographs can't even come close to showing the destruction of a hurricane. When you're actually there, there is an overwhelming sense of devastation: the leaves are gone from the trees at the wrong time of year, it's hot and the power is off for the foreseeable future, snakes, insects and animals have been displaced and are surly. It stinks.
I "rode out" Fredrick in 1979 (on a boat in a protected anchorage) and since then, I've evacuated at the first opportunity when one is likely to hit where I live. You don't "take care" of anything when one of those boogers hits when you're close to the center; you just hang on and watch things fly by and try to stay in a place where they don't hit you and you keep hoping that the water doesn't get any higher.
Looking at photos of a hurricane is sort of like watching a video of a turkey hunt. It ain't even close to the real experience, but unlike a turkey hunt, you don't want to be there for the real thing.
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One more month and the odds turn in our favor
Alabamaoutlaw
Have rode out a lot of these buggers and every second is filled with anxiety.Got some cooler weather headed to te gulf it will help.
I was in South Dade County when Hurricane Andrew hit in 1992--my wife was pregnant & my older boys were 1 and 2 years old. We came through it OK, but some of what I saw makes these pics look tame.
Photographs can't even come close to showing the destruction of a hurricane. When you're actually there, there is an overwhelming sense of devastation: the leaves are gone from the trees at the wrong time of year, it's hot and the power is off for the foreseeable future, snakes, insects and animals have been displaced and are surly. It stinks.
I "rode out" Fredrick in 1979 (on a boat in a protected anchorage) and since then, I've evacuated at the first opportunity when one is likely to hit where I live. You don't "take care" of anything when one of those boogers hits when you're close to the center; you just hang on and watch things fly by and try to stay in a place where they don't hit you and you keep hoping that the water doesn't get any higher.
Looking at photos of a hurricane is sort of like watching a video of a turkey hunt. It ain't even close to the real experience, but unlike a turkey hunt, you don't want to be there for the real thing.
Great gallery--some really sad, horrifying photos there. The power of nature never ceases to amaze me.
Now i see why so many people are moving to Montana
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