http://www.cnn.com/2003/WEATHER/09/28/tropical.weather.ap/index.html



it's only a category 1 or 2, but we rarely get anything like that . I was just outside watching the tree's bending in the wind :)

I think hurricanes are a rarity in the northern Atlantic--or at least that far north.

Yes they are. I remember one in 1975 that was sort of bad, nothing like the in the south , but it did unroot some tree's. We had one in 1995 and I lost some shingles off my roof, but for the most part we just get alot of rain, high tides and strong winds, but nothing too bad

I think the peak of hurricane season spans mid-September and Late September.

So far this year, Mississippi hasn't been affected by a hurricane yet! :)

Finally, I get a hurricane named after me :)

That's about the only force of nature we get in this area... It's kinda cool to be out in one while it's going good... then all of a sudden the eye passes over and it gets clear and nice as can be for a while... then it all starts over again :lol:

Haven't had one in a while though that I can recall...

Well yesterday and today we had gale force winds, but fortunately we never see Hurricanes down here. :)

Don't they call them Typhoons or Cyclones down your way, Recker?

And Cal, glad to see you came through it ok. :)

Originally posted by Caligula
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That is where I would have been also. :)

Glad you made it through the storm okay, Cal. :) We are STILL cleaning up around these parts from the last Hurricane...

I just read that a 4-storey apartment complex crumbled!

Well I have a whole new respect for all you that suffer through real hurricanes, this was only a category 1 or 2, (80-100 mph winds) so it wasn't like the big ones many of you have received. I was hit very lightly, but my home town where my father still lives (2 !/2 hour drive) got the full brunt. Two people died, and apartment complex collapsed, allot of barns collapsed killing horse and cattle. I think 100,000 people are without power, and big oak tree's are blocking the streets. The whole city of Halifax is shut down.

Hurricanes are certainly terrifying. Having been through the nightmare of Hugo in '89 and Floyd in '99, I can tell you they are no laughing matter, regardless of what category they are. Glad to know you are okay, Cal! :wave:

Glad to know you came through it okay, Cal.
I've been living here in Florida since '93 and I haven't been through a hurricane yet, but I seen the damage they can do and the stories I've heard from before I moved here.

I must admit.. I'm quite jealous... I love hurricanes and big storms...