This is far from a worst case anything. This is like big hurricanes that we in the Coastal regions from TX to Mass have loved through for 200 years. This is bad but far from the worst we have seen.
No need to panic. Some will die; usually the idiots who stay in unsafe houses to "ride it out" because they think they can do something. Also lots of casualties after "Hurricane parties."
FEMA will come in after the hurricane and spread millions of dollars around, often to homes/homeowners with no real storm damage, just looking for a handout.
The houses and buildings were built (in dangerous areas.) They will be rebuild. Life will go on.
The eye of Charlie passover my house last year. The eyes of Francis and Jean passed within 20 miles. Each morning, the neighbors were up by 6:00, got our streets cleared ourselves, checked for everyone, started our generators and cooked breakfast on the barbie. Kept a 12 guage and a 23 Glock ready for looters, but no sweat.
Much easier than RVN, No one shooting at us.
Be safe. Its no big thing. You can handle it.
you are wrong on so many fronts its not even worth responding too...
This is an extraordinarily dangerous hurricane.
Sounds like you were able bodied & prepared and lucky too, in making it through those storms...... the report of all those people being stuck right now in their cars for 17 hours trying to get to safety just touched me.
As for one living in a hurricane target rich environment like yourself, we are experienced and understand how to prepare for hurricanes. Like most people I know, I was on a learning curve once.
You might want to temper your comments about handling one, as some people thinking they can, to their utter dismay. Never underestimate the stupidity of people to lull themselves into a sense of safety.
We have a daughter we privately call "snowstorm." She found out in her early teens, when she said there was nothing to do in the winter. Wifey just laughed.
We were going to go through Vicksburg and NO in late Sept for vacation, maybe we'll go down with a church clean up crew.
At least we saw the D-Day museum this spring and took some Cajun cooking courses. If they're still there, I highly recommend them.
If you are in the path of these class storms they may not be survivable. A 250 room concrete hotel disappeared, about three miles from our house. Our house was in Biloxi on the inshore side of a 30 foot sand ridge that runs down the coast of Mississippi when Camille came a calling. We had minimal damage because of the high sand berm, and we were lucky.
The coast is going to take the brunt of the storm, but as was learned with Andrew, the destruction can go way inland. With the track uncertainty of Katrina, best to RUN way inshore.
Charlie was a kitty cat when compared to Camille. Most of the destruction from Charlie was to mobile homes, which should have never been allowed to be located in Florida in the first place.