We've had our name on the hurricane list, but we've never materialized in those former years.
As a little girl, I was fascinated with “weather,” and started reading the daily reports in the newspaper at age 4 because our neighbor next door in our duplex was a “proof-reader” for the old San Diego Sun newspaper. I actually learned to read and find mistakes due to him, so looking back, I realize now that he's the reason I excelled in several subjects like geography all because he taught me to read the daily weather reports and national weather charts of the US cities and their daily High's and Low's.
For those interested, what it’s like piercing the eye wall of Hurricane Patricia from the hurricane hunter aircraft
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRArAZfWGp8