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burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Even funnier the second time around.

letmedance Loc: Walnut, Ca.

😀😀😀😀

luvmypets Loc: Born & raised Texan living in Fayetteville NC

I'm in Fayetteville, NC where the winds have gusted over 40mph. I've been outside when the rain is slacking trying to pick up some of the limbs in my yard. Thought it was funny when the people WALKED through on that video. Thanks for sharing. That was funny.

FrumCA

I had to watch it twice before I saw that!! I hope the winds don't get too much worse in Fayetteville. Looks like Florence is still headed your way though. Be safe.

hookedupin2005 Loc: Northwestern New Mexico

Such drama...then the casual walk.....🤣

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Going for the dramatic "wow" factor.
(Not so impressive if it looks like a normal rain storm.)

Largobob

Hurricanes are very powerful and potentially destructive and deadly. I live in (Tampa Bay Area) Florida, and have been through tropical storms and massive direct-hit storms since 1963. I have come to several general opinions based on my experiences:
• Live news reports are very often "sensationalized".....very much like the video shown in this post.
• I believe that many experienced residents, decide to "honker down and sit it out," based on prior experience that, "It wasn't as bad as the news reports said it would be."
• Water (Storm surge, heavy rainfall) is typically more destructive than the wind. We have pre-1900 buildings still standing in hurricane impacted areas like the Keys.
• Residents in low-lying areas (beaches) should evacuate to higher ground, if possible. (BUT, in Tampa Bay, there is really no place to go.)
• Because of the frequency of storms in my area, it is common to have "hurricane parties" during the storm event. One family, in a sturdy home on higher ground,
away from the water (coastline), who has a generator, invites other families to his/her home. Visitors must bring copious amounts of alcoholic beverages.
• Because of our past experiences, many of us have installed hurricane blinds or shutters....more elaborate systems lower, lock and raise automatically.
• Since hurricane Andrew, new requirements for building construction include "hurricane standards" for windows, roofs, etc.
• We carry special insurance for "hurricane/flood/wind" damage. It is not inexpensive, and may be unavailable depending on flood-plane level restrictions.

In a post several days ago, someone questioned, "Why would anyone live in an area known for hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanos, earthquakes, etc). Life is the ultimate game....some win, some not so much. I am 70 years old. I love living on the Gulf Coast of Florida....known for hurricanes. Something is going to get us all, sooner or later. I will bet a huge amount (including my life), on the fact that something other than a hurricane will be my undoing.

Bob

dcampbell52 Loc: Clearwater Fl

I agree, Bob. I live in Clearwater... am 39 feet above sealevel... and about 1 mile from the intercoastal between Clearwater and Clearwater Beach. (roughly Sunset Point and Highland about 4 blocks from Dunedin.l

We pay attention to the weather but other than making sure that all loose furniture and items that might blow are secured or put in the garage.. and putting the hurricane shutters in place, stocking up on food, fuel, batteries and testing the generator... it's not a big deal. The 2 plus weeks of no power after Irma was inconvenient and became an issue after Duke Energy was telling everyone that their power would be completely restored by midnight on the following Friday which didn't happen and their workers stated that the statement was for external consumption for the media and had no basis in fact. Saturday morning, after Duke Energy claimed that all the power was restored, I check our neighborhood and the adjoining areas (which included 3 apartment complexes, a Walmart Supercenter and a shopping center, none had power yet. I called Duke and was told that I probably needed to throw my breakers. WRONG!... I explained that I am a professional photographer and I have 1300 photos (all time stamped after they started claiming power was restored and most showing addresses of their customers and their lack of power.. I said that I was outside of the ABC studio in Tampa, getting ready to give them a copy of my images and that I already had appointments with the CBS and NBC affiliates.. as well as Turner and Fox. She stated that the CEO was in Orlando inspecting the damage at Disney World Resorts... I said that was good because Disney didn't have any storm damage.. so I hoped that she enjoyed her vacation. 1 hour later, Duke was on our street restoring power.

fourlocks Loc: Londonderry, NH

My friend on the Cape (Cod) and I always laugh about what we call the "sucker tourist forecast" where there's never a bad forecast to deter tourists from coming up here to New Hampshire or out to the Cape. Even a Nor' Easter will come out as "there'll be some showers but the day won't be a complete washout." We're waiting to hear a forecast that goes, "Some minor wind and rain but there'll be plenty of sun as the eye passes over the area."

ad9mac

Plus he's pretending to be facing the strong wind but the wind is hitting his back. Funny.

Sirsnapalot Loc: Hammond, Louisiana

Looks as if they got their reporting skills from CNN

camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.

It seems to be the norm nowadays although it has been the norm for as long as I can remember.

Largobob

About the same story here, dcampbell52. I grew up on Clearwater Beach....lived there (directly on Clearwater Pass, basically at the Sand Key Bridge). The condo building I bought in 1972 (built in 1970) is still there and to my knowledge, has never suffered any storm damage. I now live in a Condo in Largo (Country Club Condos, at East Bay and East Bay Golf Course). We have inter-connected lakes, that are level-controlled into Lake Seminole by SWIFTMUD. The golf course floods, the lake level rises....and all is normal again the next day. After Irma, only half my power was out...for only two days. Turns out, my power grid supplies power to two schools (evacuation centers) and several assisted living facilities (Largo Palms).....which are HIGH PRIORITY for the power company response teams. I live on the fourth floor of a condo built of block/solid poured concrete/steel cables, and hurricane resistant windows. I figure if ever there was any extensive damage at my condo...there would be no where in Pinellas County that would have survived. Besides, since Pinellas County is a peninsula connected to 'mainland" by notoriously under-capacity bridges and really insufficient Interstate access out....It's actually much safer for me to "honker down" in any storm.

dcampbell52 Loc: Clearwater Fl

I agree totally.. by the way.. I hit Largo Nature Center quite a bit for my birding/gator/whatever wildlife photos. The water was unusually high there right after we got all that rain a couple of weeks ago.. was flowing heavily out the water outlet in the lake/holding pond and the creek between the Nature Center and the golf course was well up the banks and into the grass. But, everything held up and was fine.