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*whew*

yanqui

2004-09-20, 9:44 am

We sure got lucky. The eye of Ivan came right over us and that was a bone-chilling fear-inducing experience. We're without power at our house and the kids were starting to get on each other's nerves but we're basically camping. Lots of trees on the power lines that serve our house mean that our area will be without power for quite a while, and we still don't know how the ponderosa fared. Nearby communities weren't so lucky, but the fatalities were surprisingly few. Lots of lessons learned, too. Hurricanes pack a trememdous learning curve.

6slave6

2004-09-20, 10:17 am

Glad to hear you and your family are okay.

enforcer

2004-09-20, 12:26 pm

looks like you and hooligan will have lots to chat about.

Glad you and yours are OK.

yanqui

2004-09-20, 12:47 pm

The best therapy for hurricane recovery is to go out and help someone dig out and make repairs, or to take someone some supplies you thought you'd need but ended up not needing. And I've heard lots of complaints from people about how repairs were being conducted, the speed and stuff, and it seems to come from people whose main problem with it is that their air conditioner is out or that they can't avail themselves of entertainment. At least it's cooler than it was whe Charley hit Florida!

gr33nd4yg1rl

2004-09-20, 3:33 pm

glad to hear you are ok. take care.

freak

2004-09-20, 4:26 pm

quote:
Originally posted by yanqui
The best therapy for hurricane recovery is to go out and help someone dig out and make repairs

Funny, I thought it was beer

yanqui

2004-09-20, 4:43 pm

quote:
Originally posted by freak
Funny, I thought it was beer

Well, if you buy it you have to drink it fast because most of us have no way to keep it cold. We must have screwed up priorities, because our coolers are stuffed with things like *food.*

I don't drink, so I seek other forms of therapy. We taught our five-year-old how to play UNO, for example. And the 3-year-old got his hands on a daffy-duckbilled-hat and went around saying, "HE DOES SO HAVE TO SHOOT ME NOW--SO SHOOT ME NOW!" The kids are faring better than the adults, in spite of the fact that they can't watch TV.

HOOLIGAN

2004-09-29, 6:14 pm

quote:
Originally posted by yanqui
Well, if you buy it you have to drink it fast because most of us have no way to keep it cold. We must have screwed up priorities, because our coolers are stuffed with things like *food.*

See, If you all drunk something other then Pabst blue ribbon ( like Bass or Fullers ) it wouldnt taste to bad warm.

yanqui

2004-09-30, 9:27 am

Hiya, Hooligan--everything okay through JEanne, or did that one miss you?

HOOLIGAN

2004-09-30, 10:43 pm

quote:
Originally posted by yanqui
Hiya, Hooligan--everything okay through JEanne, or did that one miss you?

Nope it got me. Lost phone and Internet. Kept power this time though. Nothing much left to fall down after the third hurricane this season.

yanqui

2004-10-01, 9:41 am

quote:
Originally posted by HOOLIGAN
Nope it got me. Lost phone and Internet. Kept power this time though. Nothing much left to fall down after the third hurricane this season.

Man, I'm sorry for everyone that had to go through that. You kind of figure, Okay, people who build expensive houses right on the beach or on barrier islands pretty much know what they're getting. But living in the middle of the peninsula should offer some sort of buffering effect, you know? Are you seeing a lot of PTSD around the communities? That's one thing I never thought about, but it is a traumatic experience to go through once, let alone three times.
I'm glad you're okay, I knew you'd be okay in one form or another, but I'm glad to see you back.

yanqui

2004-10-04, 5:19 pm

*couldn't attach.

HOOLIGAN

2004-10-04, 8:47 pm

quote:
Originally posted by yanqui
Man, I'm sorry for everyone that had to go through that. You kind of figure, Okay, people who build expensive houses right on the beach or on barrier islands pretty much know what they're getting. But living in the middle of the peninsula should offer some sort of buffering effect, you know? Are you seeing a lot of PTSD around the communities? That's one thing I never thought about, but it is a traumatic experience to go through once, let alone three times.
I'm glad you're okay, I knew you'd be okay in one form or another, but I'm glad to see you back.

Thanks Yanqui.
Not really seen much PTSD in my area, Just people helping each other and getting on with their lives. Everyone can think of someone worse off then them. And for the most part FEMA has been a big help. Ive come to the conclusion that there are only four ways you can die in a hurricane.

1, your out driving, or watching the Storm on your porch. Dumb, but I had a few neighbours who did this.

2, you run a generator inside your house.

3, you stay in a mobile home during the hurricane.

4, The most unlucky, a downed power line and a big puddle, I suppose there are cerfews for a reason.

enforcer

2004-10-05, 4:15 am

quote:
Originally posted by HOOLIGAN
Thanks Yanqui.
Not really seen much PTSD in my area, Just people helping each other and getting on with their lives. Everyone can think of someone worse off then them. And for the most part FEMA has been a big help. Ive come to the conclusion that there are only four ways you can die in a hurricane.

1, your out driving, or watching the Storm on your porch. Dumb, but I had a few neighbours who did this.

2, you run a generator inside your house.

3, you stay in a mobile home during the hurricane.

4, The most unlucky, a downed power line and a big puddle, I suppose there are cerfews for a reason.

5. You're caught humping your neighbours wife coz the hurricane just blew the shack down.

sorry couldn't resist

HOOLIGAN

2004-10-05, 7:03 am

quote:
Originally posted by enforcer
5. You're caught humping your neighbours wife coz the hurricane just blew the shack down.

sorry couldn't resist

You've been reading Vis again young man, haven't you?

yanqui

2004-10-05, 9:24 am

We can always count on Enforcer, can't we.

Well in our area, tornadoes spurred off from the winds of the hurricane killed the most people. And there was at least one person I read of that rode it out in her beachfront home and got swept away in storm surge, you don't get that inland, but our town is up on a riverfront; I have friends that live about a mile away from the river and when the river overflows the banks, that river comes into their front yard. We had one hurricane since I've lived here that did that, because he kind of meandered around the bay and one of the rivers that feeds into it.

While I agree that every death is tragic, I simply don't understand why anyone would stay in a mobile home in a hurricane, or why anyone in storm surge area would stay. And we play the "even if" card. EVEN IF the past 30 hurricanes have produced 8 foot stormsurge in our area, the next one could strengthen a day before landfall and change direction in a matter of hours and change all predictions. Several years ago all the hurricanes were gulf and coastal, and even the hurricanes are getting more audacious. Prayer and preparation help some.

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