Hurricanes

Have you or anyone you’ve known really ever been severely affected by a hurricane? My family and I lived in Florida for ten years. One of those years was when FL got like four hurricanes back to back. Everyone we’ve ever known always just bunkers down. Yeah, sometimes we loose shingles, definitely lose power, sometimes a tree will fall over, some other moderate problems. But nothing really serious or life threatening. Especially if you have hurricane shutters.

Just wondering about others experiences. Anyone ever come close to a life threatening situation in a hurricane?