Hurricane Season advice

[pomtzu]

I've lived thru numerous hurricanes both in RI and here in DE, but have been fortunate enough to never sustain any major wind damage, and no flooding since we were always high enough and just enough inland from the coast, and not near any rivers or streams either.

Last year during Sandy, my granddaughter felt the brunt of it - she and 3 college roommates lived in an oceanfront condo (2nd floor luckily) and got battered. They were evacuated right before the storm hit, and were displaced for over 2 weeks before they could go back. She and her boyfriend went inland to one of his relatives, but they still had a lot of damage there with roads washed out or washed over with many feet of beach sand, and no power for many days. This year (her senior year), she and 4 of her friends have rented a 5 bedroom house much further inland, and should be alright - at least from the water and sand!

As for me - I darn well better be in western NC by then!!!!

So all of you coast and hurricane area dwellers - be on the lookout and don't be foolish enough to try to ride out any storm that may strike in your vicinity. It might be fascinating to watch (or I think it is), but it's nothing to mess around with. Watch it on t.v.