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You know, I've never been in a hurricane before. It seems to be remarkably similar to being in a light breeze.

And I got an email from the insurance people saying to prepare for no electricity for 48 hours and to start stocking up on tinned food.

Date: 2010-09-04 02:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jenny0.livejournal.com
There have been two tropical storms since I've been here - no hurricanes yet (PLEASE DON'T JINX ME UNIVERSE) - and I was fairly impressed by them. Maybe because I have worked on islands the whole time and get to leave early depending on the tide schedule during storms.

Date: 2010-09-05 05:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] diarytypething.livejournal.com
The only time that I've ever been to America, I noticed that their reaction to severe weather warnings was a bit alarmist compared to the exclamation-mark-on-a-map approach we have here. There was an outside chance that a hurricane would hit the area where we were staying, so the apartment complex issued letters warning us to stock up on tinned food, bottled water, and candles, then lock ourselves - plus supplies, valuables, and travel documents - in the bathroom overnight, as this was the only room without windows. We just took the balcony furniture indoors then went to bed as normal. The next day there was rain and 30-40mph winds, so we went to Disneyworld as planned; apart from a few other Scottish families in rain gear, it was all but deserted.

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