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DMatt · 30th August 2005, 08:59 PM

Wow Peter!!! Glad to here you are ok. That is quite a feat to board up during a storm.

Everyone around here laughs at me every time a major storm is headed our way. I am the first to board up my house and leave. I went through hurricane Donna in 1960 or 61 while living in Ft Lauderdale. I was only 7 years old at the time and I NEVER forgot what that storm did to our house. That storm was no where as bad as Katrina. I have seen first hand what can happen. I know lots of people who lost everything they owned in Charlie last year. Some parts of Punta Gorda still have not been cleaned up.

I know what you mean by not believing what the forecasters tell you. Charlie was supposed to be a cat 1 storm, but when it was about 2 hours away from us all of a sudden it was blowing 140mph! The authorities said to stay put. BS!!! I got the hell out of there and I'm glad I did. 140 mph WILL rip your house apart. It only slightly missed us but it could have easily been us. Ended up in Ocala.

I talked to my sister while I was typing this. She is just east of Nashville and she is getting lots of rain and some wind right now, but not bad.

I still think I would rather take my chances in the mountains! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

30th August 2005, 08:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
DMatt Dan Mattingly 2 Tenths Join Date: Dec 2004 GT40: New Slough, Fla Posts: 231	Re: Katrina Wow Peter!!! Glad to here you are ok. That is quite a feat to board up during a storm. Everyone around here laughs at me every time a major storm is headed our way. I am the first to board up my house and leave. I went through hurricane Donna in 1960 or 61 while living in Ft Lauderdale. I was only 7 years old at the time and I NEVER forgot what that storm did to our house. That storm was no where as bad as Katrina. I have seen first hand what can happen. I know lots of people who lost everything they owned in Charlie last year. Some parts of Punta Gorda still have not been cleaned up. I know what you mean by not believing what the forecasters tell you. Charlie was supposed to be a cat 1 storm, but when it was about 2 hours away from us all of a sudden it was blowing 140mph! The authorities said to stay put. BS!!! I got the hell out of there and I'm glad I did. 140 mph WILL rip your house apart. It only slightly missed us but it could have easily been us. Ended up in Ocala. I talked to my sister while I was typing this. She is just east of Nashville and she is getting lots of rain and some wind right now, but not bad. I still think I would rather take my chances in the mountains! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]