What is it like to be in a huricane? I'm wondering because I live in Wisconsin and we don't get to many of them up here.

The worst part of being in a hurricane to me(I live In Virginia Beach, VA.), when we do get one to come up the coast-line; is all the rain, and wind. See where I live if it rains heavy enough which it does the rivers start to flood over their banks. Looking at maybe three-five feet of water, the wind rips up everything; and after its over sitting in the house without power(maybe a week or two), and some trees and tree-limbs all over the yard. Other than that it's ok.

But I'd hate to live in Florida, they still haven't fully cleaned up from Ivan, and the other three.

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Celtic, I dont know how you can say that you can only get hurt if you live in a wood house or something like that. Many people lost well-built, strong houses during Ivan because of winds and storm surge. The beach here was pretty much totally gone, as well as a lot of houses. My aunt and uncle live in a bayou, and they lost the whole bottom floor of their house because of storm surge. During Ivan, there were huge sections of bridges washed out. One of my good friends lost half of her house during Ivan because of storm surge, and they luckily were in the other half so they were saved. The media doesnt exaggerate a hurricanes winds or possible damage, at least not around here.

Here, homes and buildings are built of concrete (or cement, I don't know what's the right word), and the structures themselves never are damaged, only windows. The only homes lost are the ones made of wood. Bridges and such aren't lost either unless they're THAT old.

But we're very used to hurricanes, it's a usual thing here so the culture is very prepared. Oddly enough we haven't had a strong hurricane since 1998.

hurricanes suck (to be frank). I live in the part that got hit the hardest by Ivan and Dennis and they are horrible. The media doesnt make it look worse than they are. I dont know if any of all watched the weather channel or FOX during Dennis (we left so I got to watch it but during Ivan we stayed so we had no power) - but it was as real as they protrayed it.

Celtic, I dont know how you can say that you can only get hurt if you live in a wood house or something like that. Many people lost well-built, strong houses during Ivan because of winds and storm surge. The beach here was pretty much totally gone, as well as a lot of houses. My aunt and uncle live in a bayou, and they lost the whole bottom floor of their house because of storm surge. During Ivan, there were huge sections of bridges washed out. One of my good friends lost half of her house during Ivan because of storm surge, and they luckily were in the other half so they were saved. The media doesnt exaggerate a hurricanes winds or possible damage, at least not around here.

I hate having no power for a week. After Dennis, we luckily got power back in 3 days, but we just got cable back last night (a week after the storm).

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Originally posted by Euterpe:
Dude, that blows. It was probably expensive. Those cruises sometimes make you pay through the nose.

Eh, it wasn't that bad. We were on a sailboat (41 footer), not a cruise ship.

I always thought it wasn't as bad as the media made it out to be. Media hype...got to love it. It still looks pretty nasty thought.

Not really. I mean they warn you to leave and stress the dangers (which are real) that you might face. They don't go crazy over it though.

I honestly dont understand how people can get hurt in a huricane, you have about 1-3 days warning... try being in an earthquake, oh what a wonderful day! then BAM everything you could ever imagine going wrong, does.

Does the media hype it up a lot?

The worst part, I think, is afterwards when you don't have power for a week and you can't flush the toilet or sleep in the a/c. Shows how much we humans have become "accustomed to our lifestyles".

I live in Tampa. It's been like I think 50 or 60 years since a major hurricane hit here. Statistically speaking we're due any time now but it's not horribly exciting. I mean going outside in a hurricane is fun and all...I guess you would have to live in Florida to be this numb to a hurricane.

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Originally posted by reactionary05:
I was sailing in the Florida keys a day before Dennis made landfall. The whole area got evacuated (cutting short our trip) and we had to go back to Miami. Electrical wire transformers were blowing up, palm tree branches were everywhere, and I spilled my drink at the tiki bar.

Dude, that blows. It was probably expensive. Those cruises sometimes make you pay through the nose.

I've been in some pretty bad thunderstorms, even had a tornado come pretty close to my house once...but I can't imagine what it is like to have a really bad thunderstorm and high winds for hours and hours on end! Wow!

I was sailing in the Florida keys a day before Dennis made landfall. The whole area got evacuated (cutting short our trip) and we had to go back to Miami. Electrical wire transformers were blowing up, palm tree branches were everywhere, and I spilled my drink at the tiki bar.

Rain. Wind. Flood.

But really, it's all exagerated. It's not that dangerous unless your home is made out of wood or something as fragile as that.