Let me know if bob (cat 3) or Gloria (cat 4) count as “real” hurricanes. Blizzard of 78?... That count? Been there, got the t-shirts.
What’s real is a damn 60 foot monster with exposed roots about to crush the back of my house in addition to the ones that narrowly missed as they fell. Real enough for me thank you.
Btw, as for the Internet, there’s this thing called a cell phone where you don’t need grid power to go on line. Or is that not roughing it enough?
Hype or not, we got our butt’s kicked pretty darn good to make it a moot point; it’s a disaster in my personal book.
I remember all of those storms. And I’m bettin’ all were worse than Irene.