No, actually I moved down here in 2004 from Virginia, but then went back to Virginia to work on a contract. I decided to leave a month early because I was missing the wife. About 3 days after I got home I received an email asking me if I would consider a job in New Orleans which is about 90 miles south of where I live. I debated whether I should even respond, but then I finally did, and as fate goes I was offered the job. Then Katrina hit after working there for 19 days, I thought to myself, well that was the shortest contract I have ever had. 8>) Ended up working there until 2017. Then a year later I got a call and they asked if I was interested in coming back. Finally retired for good in July this year. First we got hit with a ransomware attack, and then after we rebuilt everything, servers etc,, the Chinese virus occurred. That caused the city to start having budget problems, so I offered to go to save them money. 8>)
Virginia had maybe 2 hurricanes that hit in the 40 years I lived there. That and maybe a couple of tornadoes that I remember. The snowstorms were fun when I was younger but they became less enthralling the older I got. So we decided to move down to be around to assist my father-in-law who is now 96 and I think he may outlive me. I wanted a warmer climate as I was tired of the cold winters. 8>)