[English Ivy]

Originally Posted by senior citizen

That would have been an extremely frightening experience to me.
Especially the suspense of not knowing what was occuring back at home while you were in the shelter. Hopefully, your home was spared.

It was an experience I'll never forget. Fortunately we only had some minor wind damage to our home, many trees in our yard down, and the backyard fence blown over. We were about 8 miles north of the Coast. It was all easily fixed compared to the devastation so many endured. What the fury of water from a storm surge can do is incredible.

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by English Ivy

It was an experience I'll never forget. Fortunately we only had some minor wind damage to our home, many trees in our yard down, and the backyard fence blown over. We were about 8 miles north of the Coast. It was all easily fixed compared to the devastation so many endured. What the fury of water from a storm surge can do is incredible.

That was a blessing and good to know. Glad the damage was minimal.
No amount of damage is good news, but it can always be worse.

Our state has just experienced the "fury of water" as you mention and the resulting catastrophic damage.

Something one might expect in a coastal state, but hardly in an inland mountainous state. With the weather changes all over our country, I would think nothing is really predictable anymore.......not even the seasons.

[rubicon]

Originally Posted by English Ivy

All I know is 6 years ago this week when we were evacuated to a hotel in Memphis TN from Gulfport MS because of Hurricane Katrina, and had no idea if we would have a home to return to, we were very thankful for all the national and cable news channels that continued to report up to, during and after the storm. It was our only way to find out what was happening back home.

Some of the reporting is redundant and sometimes borders on the ridiculous, but I know for me it was very helpful throughout a terrible situation.

English Ivy, yes yes and yes you are correct and your appreciation is notable as they did get it right on Katrina. However, every aspect of news reporting weather, crime celebrity, etc is being so hyped this country is confusing priorities and importance. But judging from the hype you would think every storm is katrina. I laughed to hear weather people hype about an expected three inch snowfall when where my home of orgin 6 inches daily was a dusting.

How important are Kardashians relative to what is occuring in the Middle East?