As Hurricane Irene heads up and hits the east coast, I found myself thinking of our 2004 hurricane season. Irene was supposed to be much stronger than it ended up being, which was good for the areas that it hit.
Hurricane season 2004 had 2 hurricanes go through our area. The first was small and strong, but we got lucky and didn't have trouble. Number 2 hit us pretty good and we went without power for around 3 days, lost all of our food and ate by candle light. We ate steaks and ice cream the first night, it all was going to ruin anyway. Chris and I went out in the middle of that storm and tied a tree up because it was on our property, but falling onto our neighbors house. The third storm was more of the same, yet this time, we had a generator, so we ran lights, fans and the refrigerator. It was much more comfortable than the first time, but still super hot.
The wind whistles. The rain is horizontal. It is really quite interesting to be a part of it. But, you certainly don't want a category 3 or stronger coming your way.
1 people said:
That's when we had our house on the market in Tampa and Dan was commuting to New York. Jonah was a baby! Crazy times.
Post a Comment