It seems my home state is getting pounded by hurricane after hurricane this year. Having experienced my first real "natural disaster" last year, I have all sorts of sympathy for them. Hurricanes are a little less forboding than tornados in that you know they're coming for quite a while, but they're also potentially more damaging, on a much much larger scale.
Part of me is happy I'm here. With the tornado season behind us, Kansas feels nice and safe right now. But part of me wishes I was down south, experiencing the thrill that is a storm of this magnitude. I realize that thats highly naive of me and that my readers in the Sunshine State are cursing me at the moment, but what can I say? I lust for excitement and drama and it doesn't get much better than being pounded by 100+ mile an hour winds and torrential rain and tidal waves.
Take care Florida folks. Stay safe, stay dry, and more than anything use your friggin brains. We're thinking about you!
Posted by gator at September 9, 2004 4:58 PM