kimiko
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29-02-2008 14:10
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Hinotori
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| quote: | Originally posted by clouddancer
I love learning and reading about earthquakes, volcanoes, huricanes, tsunami's etc. It fascinates me and I think it would be fun to experience them to a small extent, as long as my life was not put in danger or I could get away when ever I wanted too. *transporter anyone* |
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The hurricanes are all yours, CD!! I lived through 6 of them (not to mention the countless number of tropical storms) when I lived in Florida, and I am 100% done with it! I seriously could have lived the rest of my life without knowing Charley, Frances, Jeanne, Dennis, Ophelia, or Wilma on a personal basis.
My first couple of tropical storms were kinda neat - heck, I'd been through worse Nor'easters than those storms were! But then Charley came and it was a whole different story. Charley was supposed to hit Tampa (west coast of FL, opposite of where I was), but then it curved and hit Punta Gorda, cut across the state, and followed I4 to my area... Luckily I was a little farther north, and Charley lost some of his impact by the time it made it across the state (I think Charey was a Category 1 by the time it made it to our area). But wow the destruction it left in it's path! If you drive I4 from Daytona Beach to Orlando, you'll still see all the trees bent over. That's not they way they grew, that was from Charley... Personally, I lucked out on that storm... I only lost power for 28 hours. But the street behind mine lost power for almost 3 weeks.
Frances was a pain in the butt, because it stalled out off the coast of South Florida for 9 hours.... I was home from work (hurricane day - which aren't nearly as fun as snow days!), hunkered down and bored out of my mind before the storm even hit. Then I was stuck inside for another day until the stupid thing cleared....
But minus the howling winds, torrential downpours, threats of tornadoes (which are most likely to occur in the northeastern quadrant of a hurricane, which for almost all them was exactly where I was!), loss of power, the hot and humid conditions, blown off shingles from the roofs, mounds of vegetation debris, and constant worry that those darn pine trees are gonna fall and land on your house, yeah, they're just great... 
And I haven't even mentioned all the pre-storm prep and post-storm clean-up.... But I did learn alot about them (do's and don'ts) and did develop some nifty tricks for preparing for them!
BTW, I find it very interesting that Florida hadn't been hit with so many hurricanes in successive 2 seasons before I moved there, and that they haven't been hit by a single hurricane since I left.... Think someone was trying to tell me something???? 
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clouddancer
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| quote: | Originally posted by Hinotori
But minus the howling winds, torrential downpours, threats of tornadoes (which are most likely to occur in the northeastern quadrant of a hurricane, which for almost all them was exactly where I was!), loss of power, the hot and humid conditions, blown off shingles from the roofs, mounds of vegetation debris, and constant worry that those darn pine trees are gonna fall and land on your house, yeah, they're just great...
And I haven't even mentioned all the pre-storm prep and post-storm clean-up.... But I did learn alot about them (do's and don'ts) and did develop some nifty tricks for preparing for them!
BTW, I find it very interesting that Florida hadn't been hit with so many hurricanes in successive 2 seasons before I moved there, and that they haven't been hit by a single hurricane since I left.... Think someone was trying to tell me something???? |
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AWWWWW! Poor Hino. I have heard huricanes can be bad.
Why do you think I would like a *transporter?* poof I am there for a few hours get to experience the howling winds and the down pores for a few hours and then *pop out* and not have to worry about property damage or getting bored, or the aftermath of clean up.
Same with an erthquake, I would love to "see" the ground as it rolls along and hear the sound it makes but the clean up, heart break of losing my home, injuries etc. I would want to get away from that.
Volcanoe, tsunami, tornadoe, same thing if there was anyway I could see it without the personal or human loss I would love to. But I think I am happy to stay right were I am with the few icestorms that come through or the vertical wind shears that blow through the neighbourhood and knock down trees. I am safe and healthy where I am. 
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This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by clouddancer on 02-03-2008 at 18:47.
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02-03-2008 18:46
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