Have you ever experienced a Hurricane?  

they do on ocaision survive this far north as full blown hurricaines. I remember back in the early 80's hurricane Gloria slammed in to the conneticut coast and kept right on going. It was still a qualified hurricane as close to me as under a hundred miles. I also remember Hugo got up this way, we had a lot of damage in my area from it, lots of power outages, down trees, damaged roofs and blocked roads.
Usualy though we don't see much action from them.

I've been through several hurricanes since moving to south Florida. When making preparations for an incoming storm you always have to have more than one plan in mind so that you and your family can be safe. We have three plans, all depending on the strength and the track of the storm. We will either ride it out at home, go to my brother-in-law's business which is located in a concrete block two story building, or load the family and pets in all of our vehicles and stay in a motel someplace where the storm is not going to be. We also have several days worth of food, water and other supplies ready. I'm always glad to see hurrican season end.

Hurricanes are an inevitable component of living in the tropics and like you I have expereinced both those hurricanes and including the master of them all "Gilbert" not even 'Ivan" the terrible was as awful as Gilbert and believe me trees danced to Gilbert music even more than you would ever witness at any local dance.I was a young teen when Gilbert passed through and was fascinated about the prospect of seein an hurricane but that initial euphoria almost diappeared when I realised that the house where I was staying was in serious risk and might loose it's roof .I remember seeing entire roofs uprooted and sailing through the air only to land in areas far removed from its orignal location.

By the time Ivan came I was almost a pro and being much older knew that I should be prepared and less excited .I knew then not to venture out when I saw the initial calm as the wind would come back the other way and soon .I was also completely stacked up with tin food just in case.

Whe Dean came I was an hurricane professor but ironically Dean cause less wind damage and more damage to road as it dumped tonnes of water on land but I was still cautions and somewhat worried as you can never tell how much damage an hurrican can cause.

No matter how many hurricanes you go through though ,you still never wish to experience another one because of the emotional trauma and I hope I never see another one.

Great discussion discussion Wenjule,quite nostalgic

you guys are lucky in the philippines there is a minimum of 20-25 typhoons every year

Yes, in 1987 there was a hurricane in the south-east part of the UK. It happened at night and caused a lot of damage, plus made a lot of noise. The following morning, all the trees outside had been blown down, some people's cars had been blown over, houses had lost their roofs and all the power lines were down. Food couldn't be delivered to shops as the roads were unpassable due to fallen trees.

The next hurricane was in February 1990 and I was trying to get home from work by train. All the overhead cables had blown down and I had to wait with some other people outside a station for a bus to pick us up. While we were waiting for the bus, it was scary. There were no other people around...no doubt everybody was indoors....and there were things being blown around, flying through the air, like chimneys off of buildings, bits of people's roofs, generalised flying masonry.

Though for the UK those two hurricanes were unusual and (for us) severe (I think overall the 1987 one was worse), I'm sure they were nowhere near as bad as those in the USA.

We dont get hurricanes where I love in Adelaide. We certainly get verey bad storms at times. These can cause much damage and injuries.
In the north of Australia, we dont get hurricanes, but we get typhoons. These are just as destructive. Many many years ago, Cyclone Tracey flattened the city of Darwin.
Two years ago there was a big cyclone in queensland it and wiped out australias banana crop.
So I hope you have your plan of action and a safe place to go in the event of a hurricane.

Hi Wenjule,

That's really scary. i can't imagine myself in such kind of situation and how i am going to reach and handle myself in that situation. In our country, we used to experience heavy rains and typhoons that resulted to floods. That's what i experienced and also earthquake but not hurricane.

In our country no hurricanes have ever been recorded. The worst weather disturbance that we encounter are typhoons. However, even if we do not experience any hurricanes, typhoon visit our country at an average of 25 a year and many are always displaced, houses destroyed as well as lives taken.

I just see it on TV.And i know how scareful and powerful whe hurricane was.It's realy lucky you.

no, i haven't