Weird Question...

[Guest]

While we are waiting for recon to fly to see if 91L invest will be TD8 - I have a question - how many people that have been through TD, TS or Hurricanes - sleep through them? Or do you stay awake the whole time?

I know this is one of those weird questions.

Patricia

[ColdFront77]

I was awake when I lived through Hurricane Gloria and Hurricane Bob (in southern New England) in 1985 and 1991, respectively. The majority of both storms went through during the day (as tropical systems that move up the coast typically accelerate to 30+ miles per hour).

I was never usually awake between 1:00 AM and 5:00 AM like I have been for the last several months, so some tropical storms I have lived through I never was awake during, aside from waking up during them if they were occuring in the middle of the night, toward dawn.

[Air Force Met]

I stay wide awake...even when they are two hundred miles away

[bfez1]

Depends on the severity of the storm. I try to stay awake as long as I can.

[chadtm80]

Im with Air Force Met

[Stormsfury]

Hmmm, Hurricane Hugo - I stayed awake until about 4 am in the morning (after the winds came down below 50 mph-60 mph) and was up bright and early around 8:30 am.

Hurricane Floyd - actually fell asleep before midnight (since we lost power around 11:15 pm.). Winds were still gusting over 60 mph at times. (My ex-girlfriend stayed with me during Floyd 'cuz she wasn't staying in that mobile home).

Generally, I've always stayed awake through the heart (or worst part) of the storm ...

SF

[bfez1]

I was a little girl for Hurricane Betsy. My parents stayed up all night, finally went to sleep around 5 am. Woke up a few hours later and the subdivision was under water. We got out by boat. I will never forget it as long as I live. Panic in the streets everywhere.

[Guest]

After nailing all that wood I'm to tired to do anything except sleep.

[mf_dolphin]

I stay awake! I wouldn't miss a good hurricane for anything!

[chadtm80]

Its hard to sleep when were out taking pictures

[Lindaloo]

i slept through elena in 85, the whole night. i thought it was going to hit the next morning. lol. when i woke up, it was over.

[Scott_inVA]

Wide awake with DP, iced tea, coffee...and Slim Jim's!

When I was on the coast that was protocal . Now inland, the web site and email list require full time attention when something comes in. Then, 6 hrs sleep with the hope there's no inland flooding or the cycle starts anew. What a life

Scott

[BreinLa]

Ugh I stay awake gotta eat me Brownies I did fall asleep after the worse part of Andrew came through when the winds were around 30mph opened the window and took a nap after being awake all night and scared chitless

[rtd2]

slept 1/2 way through frederick remeber the eye came over us.

stayed awake through elena

stayed awake through georges(eyewall came right over pascagoula and there was no break 8 mile to the west in ocean springs it was calm!)

rest of the t.s. and dep. either hit in the day or wasnt worth missing sleep over!

[Lindaloo]

hey there rtd2. glad you made your way to storm2k.

[ameriwx2003]

Ticka.. Been through just one and that was Andrew. Though I was North of the worst damage etc.The first feeder bands started for me around midnight and the whole thing was winding down around 6 am or so. I stayed up all night:):):)

[Rainband]

I would stay awake if I ever got a storm!!!

[slosh]

I stay awake if a storm is making landfall hundreds of miles away from me! I usually follow it on the internet and wait to see Jim Cantore from The Weather Channel being pounded by wind and rain.

If you ever see Jim Cantore driving through your neighborhood, you should probably evacuate. I get a kick out of him on the scene of a landfall.

[rtd2]

thanks lidaloo.... found this site about the time c'dette was making every one go crazy... I still hang out on the TWC'S forum from time to time but I like storm2k better!

[GalvestonDuck]

A friend of mine arrived here in the morning after a 22-hour bus ride from Mexico. She went to sleep at about 8:30 and I came to work. Then Allison hit. I called her when I knew what was happening to see if she was alright. She woke up, answered the phone, grumbled about me waking her up, and then went back to sleep. I called again later to ask if she was okay. Still asleep. "I'll talk to you when you get home." So when I got home, I asked if she got to watch any of it.

"Nope." Slept through all of the initial landfall.