I hate hurricane season...
Agreed, but I prefer it to other localities / seasons. I was born in Oklahoma and learned about tornados, smaller in size but more capricious and, if you get hit, worse than most hurricanes. I have lived in California where you can get flambé'd in fire season, tossed frequently but have a background fear of the big/BIG one! Go north from there and the Cascade Volcanos can make your day (into night)!
So I'll risk the hurricanes and pray they stay below 2. If the cone takes aim, I'll stock up and cover up. If it gets to 4, I'm packing up and looking for a direction. If it tracks Irma and is a 4+, well then I'll message my loved ones and kiss my tookhas goodbye!
Sure enough we have tornadoes here but I am thrilled to no longer living near the Gulf Coast. Dealing with storms on a personal basis was bad enough but like so many others in the industry I had oil and gas production facilities and lost production to deal with.
We were 50 miles from Houston city center and at elevation 210 so we seldom saw anything but tornadoes, trees down, yard mess and power outages for a long time in sweltering heat. I usually sent the family far north and rode it out alone.
Being retired is good. Being retired away from the Gulf Coast is better.
This pair could prove to be a mess like we have not seen in a long time.