Hurricane Hungry?

[brunota2003]

it basically means that people are mis-reading what Im saying and if they must insist in doing so, I have nothing else to say....


Don't ya just love it when people make you out to be a monster when All you are doing is using extreme cases with people who build on the IMMEDIATE coastline, yet pretty soon, they act is if you are talking about everyone who is in the potential path of a hurricane....I guess they want to take it out on someone.

please site your sources I dont recall anyone calling you a monster, and I dont recall any extreme cases with people building on the coastline? Please inform me if I am wrong...

BTW...I'm still waiting for your sources on those...I have not seen one post that called you a monster or one post that used extreme cases of people building on the IMMEDIATE coastline...please correct if I'm wrong...
EDIT: there are alot of people who live on the coastline, I live near a coastline, and with a Cat 3-5 could possibly lose everything, not from water, from wind...

[Stephanie]

Remember that EVERY area of this country has it's weather risks. What should the people in "Tornado Alley" do? How's about the Great Plains where sub zero temps and raging blizzards are the norm during the winter? How's about if a drought descends upon an area - are those people supposed to get up and move? What about the West Coast and the devasting earthquakes that can occur?

Yes, some people can escape with enough warning and there are some that have no means of being able to accomplish that. The past two years have been the extreme. We've had a total of 6 or 7 monsters that have ripped apart many homes and lives and cities. This is not normal, though we are in a more active hurricane pattern right now. Hopefully we'll get lucky enough this year where any monster that developes stays far, far away.

[Hurricaneman]

I like tracking hurricanes, but I remember Hurricane bob, because I lost a good friend in that one, which makes me dread hurricanes as they near

[beachbum_al]

So Convergence, in your own words and your own post you are telling us that those people who died DESERVED what they got because they "elected" to stay? I sure as heck hope that is NOT what you are saying!

No, but I am saying that the people who DON'T leave when they are TOLD to leave, have no sympathy from me.....Heck, even Jim Cantore on the Weather Channel used the term "idiots" when talking about this when he was doing footage last week.....I'm speaking of those who have a great risk of their lives by doing so.


As far as those who live on the coast line. I didn't say they DESERVE to die. I'm just saying that if their house gets damaged the 2nd time after they rebuild after the first cane, what else would they expect??

Sometimes you just have to respect mother nature and get out...She is the boss....

Sometimes people can't leave the area for many reasons. It could that they are require to stay because of their work. You know the very people who go out after the storm to check on those who did stay. And yes those who do stay that are in that field are protected. I have stayed with my husband during Ivan that way with our three girls and one dog. Of course the dog had to be put in the kennel because he knew something was going on.

Sometimes people stayed because they can't leave and those who care for them will not leave. Yes there are shelters but maybe they can't travel. During Ivan I had a uncle who was dying from cancer. He was in no shape to leave and the family stayed with him at his house. Both of my grandmothers can not leave now because they are not in the shape or health to leave. They couldn't survive a 10 hour ride on the interstate. And then there are those who care for them that will not leave them. Now one of my grandmothers who does live near Mobile Bay would not stay at her house and would go to one of the shelters but she would not be able to make a trip to say Central Alabama. And then there is my dad who works at the hospital in town. He is always on call since he is security for the hospital and during storms he has to be there. So there are some people who do live near the coast can not leave because they serve the community or their health does not allow them.

I am sorry but sometimes I think people need to read what they type because their words are not what meant to say and they hurt people.

[Extreme Alde]

One of the things weather enthusiasts (note: - not just storm chasers) across the world need to manage within themselves is that the thing that interests them the most is something that has an extrmely powerful, sometimes violent side.

For extreme weather enthusiats this remains doubly so. We would all like to be able to stand inside at Cat 5 Hurricane or a Super typhoon experiencing 180mph and yet there is always the sense that something that powerful, just by its sheer nature, will be inflicting untold damage upon someone somewhere. An therein lies the dichotomy, in effect what is many peoples passion is an explosively powerful destructive force.

From the relative safety of the UK we can watch in amazement as these batter your South East, and perhaps moreso this year East Coast. And whilst part of us pines to be closer to the action, the impact these storms have upon the residents of the the landfall areas sometimes beggars belief. If I never see such an impact upon my family and friends it will be too soon.

I wish all of you well for the season that lies ahead. May it be the most meteorogically interesting, least damaging possible.

[crazycajuncane]

Let me just defend those who build on the coast for a moment.

If no one built on the coast.... where would millions of people stay when they wanted to visit the beach? The comments don't add up.

Think of how much coastline you have in the United States. Now... let's think of how many cities are up and down the coastline. This goes to prove a point of mine.
In the natural cycle of things... most of these cities get hit by a hurricane 2 times in a persons lifetime? Some cities have a chance of getting hit a few more times. Some never take a direct hit.

Why NOT build on the coast? It is very beautiful. Why build a house in California? Why build in Kansas, Texas, Arkansas?

Before you call someone out.... think before your post. That goes for Matt too. Even though he apologized.

[AnnularCane]

I'm not opposed to building on the coast...within reason. It is probably not realistic to expect no development at all. My problem is that people have become complacent in recent decades, and now the coasts and barrier islands these days are overdeveloped with big expensive structures, right in storm-surge zones, which of course means a lot more damage potential. And we're supposed to be upset with the hurricanes for that?