#22 Postby Frank2 » Fri Sep 01, 2006 9:27 am
Per Destructo5's comment - true, we'll likely have others before the end of the season, but, I can just see us all typing with frost-bitten fingers, saying, "Well, we're ready for a big November"...
Frank
P.S. I guess I'm a bit on the conservative side when it comes to landfalling hurricanes, but, I still remembering evacuating for Wilma last October - not fun at all. Driving on a rural highway after sunset, with cell phone in one hand, the other on the wheel, with lightning flashing off in the distance - I've had bad dreams that were more enjoyable...
P.P.S. The other thing about Wilma was the hotel lobby the morning of Wilma's landfall - everyone crowded into the lobby, including the police, with torrents of rain pouring down, the lights out, and, the lost look on the faces of many senior citizens, who had evacuated to that town's hotel out of fear, and, as it turned out, were from Punta Gorda, and, had lost everything the year earlier...
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