Have you ever been in a hurricane? [I Have Survived a Hurricane]

Major or minor?
I was in Category 5 hurricane. It made landfall about thirty miles from my house. The brunt of the storm lasted about one hundred minutes. We were without water for five days and without power for three weeks.

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ProdigalSummer · F

Hurricane George in Mobile in 1998. I think it was a cat 2. It wasn’t bad just lots of rain, minor flooding and some intermittent power outages. I feel like it wasn’t really much worse than some of the severe thunderstorms we get each year in the southeast.

ProfessorPlum77 · 70-79, MVIP

@ProdigalSummer A Cat 2 has some strong winds.

ProdigalSummer · F

@ProfessorPlum77 true but in thunderstorms we sometimes see straight line winds that do a fair amount of damage

ProfessorPlum77 · 70-79, MVIP

@ProdigalSummer I am sure. I am not too far from you. We have similar weather, here.

ProdigalSummer · F

@ProfessorPlum77 I moved away from mobile in 1999. 😬

ProfessorPlum77 · 70-79, MVIP

@ProdigalSummer Because of hurricanes?

ProdigalSummer · F

@ProfessorPlum77 nah, those never bothered me. It was relocation for a job.

ProfessorPlum77 · 70-79, MVIP

@ProdigalSummer I understand.