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Re: More footage
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Oct 28, 2025, 1:11 PM
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That is scary stuff.
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Survived a Cat 4 that was a hair from a Cat 5
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Oct 28, 2025, 1:39 PM
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A lot depended on building codes. Things that weren't built to local/state/fed code didn't make it. Things that were usually did.
People who evacuated made it through fine. I couldn't because of my job. It was a long, long, scary night and a very, very long six months after.
Because of that experience, I find all the apocryphal language these weather chasers use to be ghoulish clickbait, because while the physical/emotional/spiritual toll was pretty steep, life did go on.
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Life didn't go on for a lot of people when Katrina hit.***
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Oct 28, 2025, 2:05 PM
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Sanctimony noted***
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Oct 28, 2025, 2:13 PM
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Clemson Icon [24848]
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Cool. I can tell you're a manly man, and not prone to hysteria. I don't
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Oct 28, 2025, 2:31 PM
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know where you live, but I am certain you would be stoic and calm in a disaster. Earthquake, tornado, hurricane. You'd crawl out of the rubble, look around for your wife and kids, and fire up a Marlboro red. Life goes on.
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You are correct.
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Oct 28, 2025, 5:36 PM
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I've always been calm in stressful situations, even dangerous ones. That trait was always a great help to me professionally.
But like your sanctimony, your snark is also noted.
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Re: Survived a Cat 4 that was a hair from a Cat 5
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Oct 28, 2025, 3:44 PM
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Which storm? We have been through two major storms and it can be a terrifying experience. We were in South Florida for Andrew in 1992 and on St. Thomas for Marylin in 1995. I have often said I don’t ever want anything to scare me again like that storm in St. Thomas did. The kids were very small and I was just so worried about keeping them safe. Through the grace of God, the 4 of us were ok but we lost pretty much everything we had in our house there.
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Harvey was a direct hit on my home.
Oct 28, 2025, 5:43 PM
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I busted my knee hanging ballistic-rated plywood over the windows. Old house didn't have storm shutters. And yet our block never lost power. The rest of the community was off the grid for weeks; months in some instances.
I believe the Lord spared my home -- only wind-driven rain damage to the ceilings and an obliterated tool shed out back -- just exploded and scattered everything to the four winds.
Those storms spare one home, take another. Spare one business, take another. There's no figuring them out.
A Captain friend of mine hunkered down in his owner's Viking with his son and waited Harvey out. He was a pretty stiff salt as experienced captains usually are. When I saw him after landfall, all he said was "I won't be doing that again."
Stuff like that does change you some.
Sorry. Long post. Haven't thought about it in a while.
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Well, then I stand before you hat in hand and humbly apologize. You are
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Oct 29, 2025, 8:31 AM
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indeed a survivor of a major weather disaster. Sorry about the snarky comment.
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Harvey was just one of them.
Oct 29, 2025, 2:30 PM
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Flash floods, sandstorms, ice storms, hail storms, tornadoes. Texas weather is something you survive, not something you necessarily enjoy.
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Re: Melissa ashore
Oct 29, 2025, 2:33 PM
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I read this completely wrong.
I initially read this as Melissa is a a@@ wh0re.
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