Are you in the path of Hurricane Lily? Post Here.
It seems Lily - which has been upgraded to a Category 4 Hurricane - will be arriving tomorrow and into Friday.
I miss being on the coast. It used to be so much fun to get hit by a hurricane every few years. Gloria was a megabitch. Absolutely devestated Connecticut. We had to hire people all the way from Quebec to come down and fix the electrical lines. I still remember my parents and the rest of the neighborhood cheering them on as they worked. From their reactions, it was obvious no one had ever shown them such gratitude before.
For a short time, we treated them with the same reverence as the FDNY gets now. Days and days and days without power will do that to you.
Now, I live in lowly Memphis. We seem to be unable to get a halfway decent storm here. Which is probably good in some ways, the area has been so blindly developed, there really isn't anywhere for the water to go. Zero-lot developments and strip malls mean that the only way 11 inches of water can get back into the ground is through the traffic islands in parking lots. The rest just sits there.
However, I miss the excitement. I really do. Even Nor'Easters. (think: intense tropical storm in the winter time with snow instead of rain). A good storm now and then can make things interesting. We've had an intense, unrelenting summer that seems unwilling to end, a huge storm seems the best way to cap off the season, don't you think?
Even if I have to work outside in this (which I probably will) I still have my fingers crossed, hoping Lily will not lose too much strength as she makes her way here.
I'm not a sadist, I just have the ability to thrive on the excitement of a bad situation. Great coping skill, actually.
I miss being on the coast. It used to be so much fun to get hit by a hurricane every few years. Gloria was a megabitch. Absolutely devestated Connecticut. We had to hire people all the way from Quebec to come down and fix the electrical lines. I still remember my parents and the rest of the neighborhood cheering them on as they worked. From their reactions, it was obvious no one had ever shown them such gratitude before.
For a short time, we treated them with the same reverence as the FDNY gets now. Days and days and days without power will do that to you.
Now, I live in lowly Memphis. We seem to be unable to get a halfway decent storm here. Which is probably good in some ways, the area has been so blindly developed, there really isn't anywhere for the water to go. Zero-lot developments and strip malls mean that the only way 11 inches of water can get back into the ground is through the traffic islands in parking lots. The rest just sits there.
However, I miss the excitement. I really do. Even Nor'Easters. (think: intense tropical storm in the winter time with snow instead of rain). A good storm now and then can make things interesting. We've had an intense, unrelenting summer that seems unwilling to end, a huge storm seems the best way to cap off the season, don't you think?
Even if I have to work outside in this (which I probably will) I still have my fingers crossed, hoping Lily will not lose too much strength as she makes her way here.
I'm not a sadist, I just have the ability to thrive on the excitement of a bad situation. Great coping skill, actually.
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*throws you a life-preserver*
or was that a Life Saver?
Well, good luck!
<a href="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/"; target="_blank">National Hurricane Center</a>
It wouldn't flush, and I kept pulling the handle and flushing and flushing. It took about ten before it went, and by the time I realized what I was doing, it was just too late.
PS. the cool thing about naming hurricanes after women is you can call them all manner of rotten names
<strong>What were you trying to flush?</strong><hr></blockquote>
You don't want to know. All I'll say is that if you're in the path of Lili, don't go out without an umbrella and waterproofs. And buy bleach. Strong bleach.
[quote]<strong>PS. the cool thing about naming hurricanes after women is you can call them all manner of rotten names
I'd be very careful, bucko. According to <a href="http://www.fema.gov/kids/hunames3.htm"; target="_blank">this</a> list, I'm scheduled for next year, and I've never been to Connecticut before.
[Okay, okay, I know it's Isabel, not Isobel, but it's the same name.