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I grew up in Houston, TX, and when the one hurricane (Alicia) that impacted Houston as a teenager came when we were out of town on vacation, I was very disappointed. I always wanted to experience one.
As an adult, father and homeowner who went through Hurricane Ike a few short years ago, I'll never want to deal with a hurricane again. I was lucky to have no significant damage, but the 17 days of no power that followed were a bit lacking in terms of fun. Luckily, I had/have a generator, so it could have been worse.
One funny thing is that Ike came on shore in the middle of the night, and it drove me crazy that I couldn't see what was happening outside. When the eye passed over, I went out and saw the devastation. During the "second half" of the hurricane, daylight returned, and as I watched the trees bow towards my home waiting for the snap and crash, I wished it was still dark out so I didn't have to see what was going on outside.
Only at nearby places.. e.g last year winter the east-coast was smashed with snowstorm after snowstorm, while it was desert-dry on the westcoast. What made it even more irritating, was that the temperature most of these days were steadily below zero - we just needed some goddamn precipitation. Same goes for the so called heatwave last august. 30C forecasted for two or tree days - none of them reached above 24C. Meanwhile scania 200 km further south was basking in their 30-32C heat
No way. When there is 3-4 inches of snow 5 minutes north of me, but we get nothing, I am jealous and don't feel happy for them. Same with cold temperatures. When isolated locales around Shelton and Olympia are going subzero but I'm getting 20 degrees, I'm very jealous. And it's worse when these places are so close to home.
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