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To: Strategerist
It's the infrequency of killer hurricanes that is the biggest threat. Here in the Houston area, we've been brushed by a few in recent years, bringing a nice tropical mist but little else.

Hurrican Alicia was almost 25 years ago, and it wasn't huge when it landed. There are a lot of young adults here with no memory of that whatosever.

It's complacency, fueled by a lack of historical perspective, that is the killer. Floridians should be a little more attuned to it this year, but I wonder if anyone else is.

11 posted on 05/09/2005 7:20:39 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone
"Hurrican Alicia was almost 25 years ago, and it wasn't huge when it landed. There are a lot of young adults here with no memory of that whatosever."

I was living in the Richmond area at the time. That was the first hurricane that scared me.

13 posted on 05/09/2005 7:38:56 PM PDT by blam
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