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<blockquote data-quote="everywoman" data-source="post: 194754" data-attributes="member: 1436"><p>What many people don't understand about living on the coast is that from July to December, during hurricane season, you are constantly on guard. You see the weather reports updated, we see them constantly, all day long. We have about 5 a year on the SC coast. Two weeks before, when the storm starts forming off of Africa, until the time it hits the US, we are blasted with reports. Most of the time, they are wrong about strike zones and impact. Sometimes they are right. Anyone around here would stay for a Cat. 2 and "ride" it out. A 3 or better, and most of the people in my town would move inland, but not too far. Once you are out, if it is bad, you are out for a long time. You can't get back in. You are cut off from friends and family. Many businesses in my town are locally owned. There aren't a lot of chains. It doesn't make sense, I know, but you become complacent. Then a Katrina, an Ike, a Hugo hits and you think, I'll never stay again. But it's been almost 19 years since Hugo. SC hasn't had a hard hit since then. Most of the people I know don't remember or have forgotten what it was like. The kids I teach now don't know about water up to the gym ceiling in McClellanville. Even watching the news today, the kids said, "Wow, that much damage from Ike. I thought it was a 2."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="everywoman, post: 194754, member: 1436"] What many people don't understand about living on the coast is that from July to December, during hurricane season, you are constantly on guard. You see the weather reports updated, we see them constantly, all day long. We have about 5 a year on the SC coast. Two weeks before, when the storm starts forming off of Africa, until the time it hits the US, we are blasted with reports. Most of the time, they are wrong about strike zones and impact. Sometimes they are right. Anyone around here would stay for a Cat. 2 and "ride" it out. A 3 or better, and most of the people in my town would move inland, but not too far. Once you are out, if it is bad, you are out for a long time. You can't get back in. You are cut off from friends and family. Many businesses in my town are locally owned. There aren't a lot of chains. It doesn't make sense, I know, but you become complacent. Then a Katrina, an Ike, a Hugo hits and you think, I'll never stay again. But it's been almost 19 years since Hugo. SC hasn't had a hard hit since then. Most of the people I know don't remember or have forgotten what it was like. The kids I teach now don't know about water up to the gym ceiling in McClellanville. Even watching the news today, the kids said, "Wow, that much damage from Ike. I thought it was a 2." [/QUOTE]
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