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I say this in a sort of casual way, because, this happens practically every year. Every year there is something...if not a full blown hurricane, then a tropical storm, and as such, anyone who lives in hurricane country, aka, anywhere where hurricanes are known to strike on a regular basis, knows the drill.</p><p> </p><p>Here is more of what the reality of living in hurricane country is. People honestly, live for this ish. Remember when you were in school, and there would be a fire drill in the middle of class and you'd have to leave everything and go for a good 15 minutes plus. It's not that you necessarily wanted a fire to burn down the school, I mean, at least, not with your stuff still in there, but it was something exciting and something that interrupted the otherwise hum drum day. That's a hurricane. It's basically an unexpected moment of chaos. You get to get out of work, jury duty, picking the kids up from school...because it's closed, that appointment you didn't want to go to...because everything shuts down. The streets get eerily quiet, everyone shelters in place or has already left. It's dangerous, sure, but you never know what will actually happen as well as this added factor of witnessing the sheer destructive powers of mother nature.</p><img src="https://cf.girlsaskguys.com/a48645/aa1b4eca-2242-42d7-bd6b-ad69a1d628d7.jpg" width="578" height="697"><p>Usually, when a storm is on it's way, you get about a 5-7 day warning that a storm is on the approach. At that point, you get a general track for the storm, but no definite path, so you go back to doing what you're doing. About 3 days on, they can say with like 90% accuracy that it's going to hit X places. At that time, they give you a rating, 1-5. One is the weakest, 5 is, you're going to f--king die! Anything 3 and lower, no one cares. No one is leaving for that. You're most likely going to get some damage to your house or the streets or weak buildings, but generally you're going to survive with your house mostly intact, UNLESS you live in a low coastal area where the waters, even at like a 3ish, can rise to the point where a second floor won't save you. They do get the you're going to die warnings and mandatory evacuations even at low level storms.</p><img src="https://cf.girlsaskguys.com/a48645/99464f60-35b4-4588-bf2b-09561421bc0a.jpg"><p>Four or five cat storms is where ish <em>starts</em> getting real. These are the storms that can and will rip your house completely off it's moorings or leave nothing but a foundation behind. People also think it's the wind that gets you, but often times, it is the never ending rain that ends up killing people. Five is the one where, you will get a cop coming to your house and literally telling you that after this time, we will not answer 9-1-1 and most likely when we come back, it will be with body bags. If you are more inland, the likelihood of a serious mandatory evacuation is less likely or that people will actually leave, but they do warn you that its in your best interest to evacuate if not for the simple reason that your town/city will have to shut off things like water/electricity/emergency services until the storm passes for safety reasons.</p><p> </p><p>In my lifetime, I've evacuated 5 times. It's been in the middle of the week, it's a shove all the clothes you can fit in a suitcase, take all your personal documents, grab supplies in a mad dash at the store, board up your windows, take anything that can blow away, inside; if you wait until last minute to leave, most stores only have bread and cat food left on the shelves, so you don't want to wait too long. Then you wait in long lines for gas, and then you're in traffic for...well, the last time I left, a normally 4 hour drive to my aunt's in the next city over, took us 14 hours of back to back traffic...and we left early!!!! No matter the storm cat, there will be people who will never leave. In cat 4's even with dire warnings, most do not leave. This often means death for those particularly on the coast line and for idiots that purposefully go out in the storm to sit and watch it, like seriously...</p><img src="https://cf.girlsaskguys.com/a48645/2f122456-3917-4244-9363-d8cc44d0a12e.jpg" width="626" height="318"><p>After the storm it's a united chaos. People who wouldn't otherwise help anyone, actually pitch in and help neighbors, offering strangers food/water and places to stay, helping to clean and repair neighborhoods, volunteering with the red cross, working long shifts, etc. Your city rep, mayor, governor, whomever, will get on the news, and start talking about how "we all help one another in times of crisis and looters and such will be dealt with by law enforcement." Trust me, if not law enforcement, regular people often "deal" with looters themselves especially in smaller communities.</p><p> </p><p>When a storm comes, it does not differentiate between rich/poor, black/white. It can hit anyone, anywhere, and people know that, and mostly work at helping to restore the communities as a whole and if a community is not getting help, someone pops on TV and screams or cries, we need help, and everyone wanting to be on social media and the news, swarms the place to offer their help ESPECIALLY local politicians. Again, they love this ish. In all my years, I've only ever actually feared one hurricane, and it was the one that did the most damage, but mostly you just kind of enjoy a few days off, clean up, help people, get bored, and then go back to work and get back to life as regularly scheduled.</p>    <div id="details-full-end"></div>  <hr class="ibar-hr" />  <div class="ibar  ""> <span class="modal connect-link no-posting" data-ga-action="Content - Like" data-ga-label="a48645" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <div class="ibar-like"><span class="ibar-like-label"><i class="icon-heart "></i></span><span class="ibar-likecounters"><span class="ibar-girlcounter">1</span><span class="ibar-vbar">|</span><span class="ibar-guycounter">3</span></span></div> </span>  <div class="ibar-opinions  " id=btn-reply-jump-ibar><span class="ibar-shareopinion">  <span class="ibar-opcounters">  <span class="ibar-counter-cont"><span class="ibar-girlcounter">8</span><span class="girl-blob-bottom"></span></span><span class="ibar-counter-cont"><span class="ibar-guycounter">19</span><span class="guy-blob-bottom"></span></span>  </span>  </span></div>   <div class="ibar-menu-right has-next"><span class="ibar-next-container"><a href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/dating/a51510-don-t-waste-your-precious-time" class="tgec" data-ga-action="Content - Next" data-ga-label="a51510"><span class="ibar-next">Next</span><i class="icon-ibar-next"></i></a></span></div>   </div> <div class="ibar-container"><div class="ibar opinions next-bar"><div class="main-content"><div class="question-title"><a href="#" class="girl tgepc" data-ga-action="Hover Bar - Title">Life in Hurricane Country</a></div><div class="hr first"><i class="v-hr"></i></div>  <div class="ibar-shareopinion non-loggedin tgepc" data-ga-action="Hover Bar - Add Opinion Button"> <span class="modal connect-link icon-opinions-link" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <i class='icon-opinions-new'></i> </span> </div>   <div class="hr"><i class="v-hr"></i></div><div class="ibar-opcounters guy  tgepc" data-ga-action="Hover Bar - Guys Opinions"><i class="icon-only-guys"></i><span class="ibar-guycounter">19</span></div><div class="hr"><i class="v-hr"></i></div><div class="ibar-opcounters girl  tgepc" data-ga-action="Hover Bar - Girls Opinions"><i class="icon-only-girls"></i><span class="ibar-girlcounter">8</span></div>  <div class="hr"><i class="v-hr"></i></div>  <div class="ibar-menu-right">  <span class="ibar-next-container"><a href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/dating/a51510-don-t-waste-your-precious-time" class="icon-next-link tgepc" data-ga-action="Hover Bar - Next"><span class="ibar-next">Next</span><i class="icon-ibar-next"></i></a></span></div>  </div></div></div> </div>   <div class="girl-guy-answers content mho">  <div class="answer-hdr best guy"><h2>Most Helpful Guy</h2></div>  <div class="guy answers"><ul>  <li id="a19461000" class="answer reportable  best-answer guy "><div class="g-g-answer" >  <div class="user-info guy answerer">  <div class="avatar left"><img src="https://images.girlsaskguys.com/users/dc2c498348665e0fc5f7675851f7f856/thumb.jpg?42" width="45" height="45" class="responsive-img js-aplnk" alt="dangerDoge" onerror="this.onerror=null;this.src='https://images.girlsaskguys.com/custom/useravatars/error-guy.png';" /></div><div class="info js-iplnk"><span class="guy role-umod"></span> <a class="name&#32;js-plnk&#32;profile-hover" data-hover="{&quot;u&quot;:&quot;dangerDoge&quot;,&quot;h&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/user/dangerdoge" target="_self">dangerDoge</a>    <div class="util">    </div>   </div>  </div><div class="opinion-meta">    <span class="time"></span>  </div><div class="opinion-body expandable-text"><p >  I live in Texas so I've had to deal with a few hurricanes. Katrina didn't hit me hard-- we just got a bit of rain, since it curved right or whatever. Ike was the worst one I went through so far. It rained pretty hard with some heavy winds/lightning that. Some neighbors had pretty large trees knocked down or windows broken, but nothing too crazy. The worst part was probably the power outage. The Texas heat/humidity was miserable.<br><br>I'm a bit more further inland in Texas this time for school, so it should be interesting. I got my towels near the door just in case and I got all my valuables away from possible openings. The part that sucks is that my car battery completely died on me today, so it looks like I'm stuck regardless lol. Pssh I got a stash of poptarts, so it'll be fine </p></div><div class="ibar-ops"><div class="ibar "><div class="hidden" >1</div> <span data-ga-action="Opinion - Like" class="modal connect-link" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <div class="ibar-like"><span class="ibar-like-label"><i class="icon-heart "></i>  </span><span class="ibar-likecounters"><span class="ibar-girlcounter">1</span><span class="ibar-vbar">|</span><span class="ibar-guycounter">0</span></span></div> </span><span data-ga-action="Opinion - Dislike" class="modal connect-link" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <div class="ibar-like not"><span class="ibar-like-label"><i class="icon-heart "></i>  </span><span class="ibar-likecounters"><span class="ibar-girlcounter">0</span><span class="ibar-vbar">|</span><span class="ibar-guycounter">0</span></span></div> </span> <div class="ibar-opinions"><span class="ibar-shareopinion"> <span class="modal connect-link tgepc" data-ga-action="Opinion - Reply" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <i class="icon-opinions"></i> </span> </span></div>  </div></div>  <ul class="answer-comments"> <li class="answer reportable girl "><div class="g-g-comment-answer clearfix"><div class="user-info girl"><div class="info">  <span class="name">myTake Owner</span><div class="util">  </div>  </div></div><div class="opinion-meta">  <span class="time"></span>   </div><div class="comment-content expandable-text"><p> After Ike, I just cannot do Poptarts because I ate so many in the aftermath with no power, that I now have a serious aversion to them. At least this time you are further inland so that could be a good thing, except flooding is probably going to happen. Stay safe. </p></div>  <div class="ibar"> <a class="modal&#32;connect-link&#32;tgepc" data-ga-action="Reply&#32;-&#32;Reply" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country" data-id="signup" href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country" rel="nofollow">  <span class="ibar-opinions"><span class="ibar-shareopinion"><i class="icon-opinions"></i><span class="ibar-opinions-text">Reply</span></span></span> </a> </div>  </div></li>   </ul><div class="clearfix"></div>  </div></li> </ul></div>  <div class="answer-hdr best girl"><h2>Most Helpful Girl</h2></div>  <div class="girl answers"><ul>  <li id="a19461615" class="answer reportable  best-answer girl "><div class="g-g-answer" >  <div class="user-info girl answerer">  <div class="avatar left"><img src="https://images.girlsaskguys.com/users/a6bffb1f3d12afdafb2058af5c6597f7/thumb.jpg?2" width="45" height="45" class="responsive-img js-aplnk" alt="Carlen_" onerror="this.onerror=null;this.src='https://images.girlsaskguys.com/custom/useravatars/error-girl.png';" /></div><div class="info js-iplnk"><span class=""></span> <a class="name&#32;js-plnk&#32;profile-hover" data-hover="{&quot;u&quot;:&quot;Carlen_&quot;,&quot;h&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/user/carlen_" target="_self">Carlen_</a>    <div class="util">    </div>   </div>  </div><div class="opinion-meta">    <span class="time"></span>  </div><div class="opinion-body expandable-text"><p >  I live in Mersin what is a Mediterranian city in the south of Turkey. There is no hurricane in my city and thanks to Gid for this. Because it is really bad and terrible. I wish God helps the people who have hurricane 🙏🙏 </p></div><div class="ibar-ops"><div class="ibar "><div class="hidden" >1</div> <span data-ga-action="Opinion - Like" class="modal connect-link" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <div class="ibar-like"><span class="ibar-like-label"><i class="icon-heart "></i>  </span><span class="ibar-likecounters"><span class="ibar-girlcounter">0</span><span class="ibar-vbar">|</span><span class="ibar-guycounter">1</span></span></div> </span><span data-ga-action="Opinion - Dislike" class="modal connect-link" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <div class="ibar-like not"><span class="ibar-like-label"><i class="icon-heart "></i>  </span><span class="ibar-likecounters"><span class="ibar-girlcounter">0</span><span class="ibar-vbar">|</span><span class="ibar-guycounter">0</span></span></div> </span> <div class="ibar-opinions"><span class="ibar-shareopinion"> <span class="modal connect-link tgepc" data-ga-action="Opinion - Reply" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <i class="icon-opinions"></i> </span> </span></div>  </div></div>  <ul class="answer-comments"> <li class="answer reportable girl "><div class="g-g-comment-answer clearfix"><div class="user-info girl"><div class="info"> <a class="name&#32;profile-hover" data-hover="{&quot;u&quot;:&quot;Carlen_&quot;,&quot;h&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/user/carlen_" target="_self">Carlen_</a> </div></div><div class="opinion-meta">  <span class="time"></span>   </div><div class="comment-content expandable-text"><p> *thanks to God </p></div>  <div class="ibar"> <a class="modal&#32;connect-link&#32;tgepc" data-ga-action="Reply&#32;-&#32;Reply" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country" data-id="signup" href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country" rel="nofollow">  <span class="ibar-opinions"><span class="ibar-shareopinion"><i class="icon-opinions"></i><span class="ibar-opinions-text">Reply</span></span></span> </a> </div>  </div></li>   </ul><div class="clearfix"></div>  </div></li> </ul></div>  </div>   </article></div>  <div id="haveopinion" class="ad-slot"><div id="mainVideoWrap" class="clearfix" >
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<script async type="text/javascript" src="https://images.girlsaskguys.com/custom/vod.js?v=3"></script></div>  <div id="article-above-opinions" class="ad-box ad-slot"><div id='div-gpt-ad-6' class='adholder' style='margin:0 auto;text-align:center;'><script type='text/javascript'>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-6'); });</script></div></div> <span class="modal connect-link tgepc" data-ga-action="Content - Have Opinion SignUp LogIn" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <div class="nonAuthenticated hideAnon"><div id="question-respond-anchor"></div><div id="question-respond"><div class="respond"> <a id="comment-area"></a><div id="article-answer" class="commenting clearfix"><header id="postCommentHdr" class="clearfix"><p class="post-comment-title">Join the discussion</p>  <div class="actions share-action"><span class="orange-btn"> Sign up or log in to share </span></div>  </header>  </div> </div></div></div> </span> <div id="article-answers" class="answers-wrap girl-guy-answers"><div class="answers">  <div id="new"></div>  <div id="guys-answers-hdr-anchor"></div> <div class="answer-hdr guy-hdr" id="guys-answers-hdr"><h2> What Guys Said  <span class="gender-answer-count">18</span>  </h2></div><div class="answers content guy sorted"> <ul class="answer-list">  <li id="a19529444" class="answer reportable  guy "><div class="g-g-answer" >  <div class="user-info guy answerer">  <div class="avatar left"><img src="https://images.girlsaskguys.com/custom/useravatars/introverted-loner.jpg" width="45" height="45" class="responsive-img js-aplnk" alt="DonRomeo" onerror="this.onerror=null;this.src='https://images.girlsaskguys.com/custom/useravatars/error-guy.png';" /></div><div class="info js-iplnk"><span class=""></span> <a class="name&#32;js-plnk&#32;profile-hover" data-hover="{&quot;u&quot;:&quot;DonRomeo&quot;,&quot;h&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/user/donromeo" target="_self">DonRomeo</a>    <div class="util">    </div>   </div>  </div><div class="opinion-meta">    <span class="time"></span>  </div><div class="opinion-body expandable-text"><p >  Wow! Very interesting!<br><br>Whats the one hurricane that scared you? Katrina I suppose?<br>Strange how numb and deep in passive illusions people are, that a cat four will still not get people to move.<br><br>Looters get 'dealt with'? Sounds a bit too ominous, looting sounds Fun! From big businesses of course. Id loot all the college books on Law. That way Id sell them for a fortune AND know what to do if I got caught XD<br><br>Assuming I survived of course. Good luck and best wishes for your safety! </p></div><div class="ibar-ops"><div class="ibar "><div class="hidden" >0</div> <span data-ga-action="Opinion - Like" class="modal connect-link" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <div class="ibar-like"><span class="ibar-like-label"><i class="icon-heart "></i>  </span><span class="ibar-likecounters"><span class="ibar-girlcounter">0</span><span class="ibar-vbar">|</span><span class="ibar-guycounter">0</span></span></div> </span><span data-ga-action="Opinion - Dislike" class="modal connect-link" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <div class="ibar-like not"><span class="ibar-like-label"><i class="icon-heart "></i>  </span><span class="ibar-likecounters"><span class="ibar-girlcounter">0</span><span class="ibar-vbar">|</span><span class="ibar-guycounter">0</span></span></div> </span> <div class="ibar-opinions"><span class="ibar-shareopinion"> <span class="modal connect-link tgepc" data-ga-action="Opinion - Reply" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <i class="icon-opinions"></i> </span> </span></div>  </div></div>  </div></li> <li id="a19454038" class="answer reportable  guy "><div class="g-g-answer" >  <div class="user-info guy answerer">  <div class="avatar left"><img src="https://images.girlsaskguys.com/users/592e1d16c455935044f9111ca4f2ec0f/thumb.jpg?26" width="45" height="45" class="responsive-img js-aplnk" alt="JimRSmith" onerror="this.onerror=null;this.src='https://images.girlsaskguys.com/custom/useravatars/error-guy.png';" /></div><div class="info js-iplnk"><span class="guy role-smod"></span> <a class="name&#32;js-plnk&#32;profile-hover" data-hover="{&quot;u&quot;:&quot;JimRSmith&quot;,&quot;h&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/user/jimrsmith" target="_self">JimRSmith</a>    <div class="util"> <span class="xperlvl&#32;editor">Editor</span>   </div>   </div>  </div><div class="opinion-meta">    <span class="time"></span>  </div><div class="opinion-body expandable-text"><p >  A good friend of mine lives out in the swamp in south Louisiana. Both times I've been out to see him, I've either seen or been shown the aftermath of two recent big hurricanes. Coming from a part of the world, where this is a non-occurrence, it was staggering to see.  </p></div><div class="ibar-ops"><div class="ibar "><div class="hidden" >0</div> <span data-ga-action="Opinion - Like" class="modal connect-link" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <div class="ibar-like"><span class="ibar-like-label"><i class="icon-heart "></i>  </span><span class="ibar-likecounters"><span class="ibar-girlcounter">0</span><span class="ibar-vbar">|</span><span class="ibar-guycounter">0</span></span></div> </span><span data-ga-action="Opinion - Dislike" class="modal connect-link" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <div class="ibar-like not"><span class="ibar-like-label"><i class="icon-heart "></i>  </span><span class="ibar-likecounters"><span class="ibar-girlcounter">0</span><span class="ibar-vbar">|</span><span class="ibar-guycounter">0</span></span></div> </span> <div class="ibar-opinions"><span class="ibar-shareopinion"> <span class="modal connect-link tgepc" data-ga-action="Opinion - Reply" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <i class="icon-opinions"></i> </span> </span></div>  </div></div>  <ul class="answer-comments"> <li class="answer reportable girl "><div class="g-g-comment-answer clearfix"><div class="user-info girl"><div class="info">  <span class="name">myTake Owner</span><div class="util">  </div>  </div></div><div class="opinion-meta">  <span class="time"></span>   </div><div class="comment-content expandable-text"><p> Yeah, it's truly like eye opening. You always see people literally having to survive, and those that didn't in the wake of a bad storm and unlike the destructive nature of an earthquake, hurricanes and/or tornados happen every single year without fail.  </p></div>  <div class="ibar"> <a class="modal&#32;connect-link&#32;tgepc" data-ga-action="Reply&#32;-&#32;Reply" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country" data-id="signup" href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country" rel="nofollow">  <span class="ibar-opinions"><span class="ibar-shareopinion"><i class="icon-opinions"></i><span class="ibar-opinions-text">Reply</span></span></span> </a> </div>  </div></li><li class="answer reportable girl "><div class="g-g-comment-answer clearfix"><div class="user-info girl"><div class="info">  <span class="name">myTake Owner</span><div class="util">  </div>  </div></div><div class="opinion-meta">  <span class="time"></span>   </div><div class="comment-content expandable-text"><p> I should amend that to say, earthquakes do in fact happen every year, but at least in the US, not 'the big ones' that tend to crumble entire buildings and destroy whole cities.  </p></div>  <div class="ibar"> <a class="modal&#32;connect-link&#32;tgepc" data-ga-action="Reply&#32;-&#32;Reply" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country" data-id="signup" href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country" rel="nofollow">  <span class="ibar-opinions"><span class="ibar-shareopinion"><i class="icon-opinions"></i><span class="ibar-opinions-text">Reply</span></span></span> </a> </div>  </div></li>   </ul><div class="clearfix"></div>  </div></li><li><div id="opinion-xth-1" class="ad-slot"><!-- TAG START { player: "GirlsAskGuys", owner: "EGAMI", for: "EGAMI" } --><div id="5952b3519e45102b384dc50e" class="vdb_player vdb_5952b3519e45102b384dc50e57d325e276a6057ba4a05a00">    <script async type="text/javascript" src="//delivery.vidible.tv/jsonp/pid=5952b3519e45102b384dc50e/57d325e276a6057ba4a05a00.js"></script></div><!-- TAG END { date: 06/27/17 } --></div></li> <li id="a19544945" class="answer reportable  guy "><div class="g-g-answer" >  <div class="user-info guy answerer">  <div class="avatar left"><img src="https://images.girlsaskguys.com/users/de8a640829d9db6c616c00ab55c5d8dd/thumb.jpg?1" width="45" height="45" class="responsive-img js-aplnk" alt="RolandCuthbert" onerror="this.onerror=null;this.src='https://images.girlsaskguys.com/custom/useravatars/error-guy.png';" /></div><div class="info js-iplnk"><span class=""></span> <a class="name&#32;js-plnk&#32;profile-hover" data-hover="{&quot;u&quot;:&quot;RolandCuthbert&quot;,&quot;h&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/user/rolandcuthbert" target="_self">RolandCuthbert</a>    <div class="util">    </div>   </div>  </div><div class="opinion-meta">    <span class="time"></span>  </div><div class="opinion-body expandable-text"><p >  Thanks for the mytake. Our climate change deniers don't want to talk about the fact that Hurricanes have steadily increased in frequency and in strength as the earth warms. That is the problem with Hurricanes that hit the Gulf. The warm waters there feed that hurricane a lot of energy. Lately, it seems as if they are always going to be Cat4 or 5. People forget that the season 2005 had two Cat5 hurricanes. Yes Katrina which was the deadliest in U. S. History. But it also had Rita, which killed an additional 120 people and was the 10th costliest. <br><br>This year, we have had Harvey. Irma is out there off the coast of Africa. We have already had a Cat4 hurricane and the season does not end until late November.<br><br> </p></div><div class="ibar-ops"><div class="ibar "><div class="hidden" >0</div> <span data-ga-action="Opinion - Like" class="modal connect-link" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <div class="ibar-like"><span class="ibar-like-label"><i class="icon-heart "></i>  </span><span class="ibar-likecounters"><span class="ibar-girlcounter">0</span><span class="ibar-vbar">|</span><span class="ibar-guycounter">0</span></span></div> </span><span data-ga-action="Opinion - Dislike" class="modal connect-link" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <div class="ibar-like not"><span class="ibar-like-label"><i class="icon-heart "></i>  </span><span class="ibar-likecounters"><span class="ibar-girlcounter">0</span><span class="ibar-vbar">|</span><span class="ibar-guycounter">0</span></span></div> </span> <div class="ibar-opinions"><span class="ibar-shareopinion"> <span class="modal connect-link tgepc" data-ga-action="Opinion - Reply" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <i class="icon-opinions"></i> </span> </span></div>  </div></div>  </div></li> <li id="a19555965" class="answer reportable  guy "><div class="g-g-answer" >  <div class="user-info guy answerer">  <div class="avatar left"><img src="https://images.girlsaskguys.com/users/f8f4e1ea3378bb3b52fde6da71846936/thumb.jpg?3" width="45" height="45" class="responsive-img js-aplnk" alt="VirginiaBeachBum" onerror="this.onerror=null;this.src='https://images.girlsaskguys.com/custom/useravatars/error-guy.png';" /></div><div class="info js-iplnk"><span class="guy role-umod"></span> <a class="name&#32;js-plnk&#32;profile-hover" data-hover="{&quot;u&quot;:&quot;VirginiaBeachBum&quot;,&quot;h&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/user/virginiabeachbum" target="_self">VirginiaBeachBum</a>    <div class="util">    </div>   </div>  </div><div class="opinion-meta">    <span class="time"></span>  </div><div class="opinion-body expandable-text"><p >  I got out of Pensacola right before this one started. But having lived in hurricane country before, had it not been for one, my kids wouldn't exist. So they do have their upsides, you just have to find them. </p></div><div class="ibar-ops"><div class="ibar "><div class="hidden" >0</div> <span data-ga-action="Opinion - Like" class="modal connect-link" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <div class="ibar-like"><span class="ibar-like-label"><i class="icon-heart "></i>  </span><span class="ibar-likecounters"><span class="ibar-girlcounter">0</span><span class="ibar-vbar">|</span><span class="ibar-guycounter">0</span></span></div> </span><span data-ga-action="Opinion - Dislike" class="modal connect-link" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <div class="ibar-like not"><span class="ibar-like-label"><i class="icon-heart "></i>  </span><span class="ibar-likecounters"><span class="ibar-girlcounter">0</span><span class="ibar-vbar">|</span><span class="ibar-guycounter">0</span></span></div> </span> <div class="ibar-opinions"><span class="ibar-shareopinion"> <span class="modal connect-link tgepc" data-ga-action="Opinion - Reply" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <i class="icon-opinions"></i> </span> </span></div>  </div></div>  </div></li> <li id="a19553302" class="answer reportable  guy "><div class="g-g-answer" >  <div class="user-info guy answerer">  <div class="avatar left"><img src="https://images.girlsaskguys.com/users/bffae1fe6b04ab7cd1757b81e76f12dd/thumb.jpg?211" width="45" height="45" class="responsive-img js-aplnk" alt="Phoenix98" onerror="this.onerror=null;this.src='https://images.girlsaskguys.com/custom/useravatars/error-guy.png';" /></div><div class="info js-iplnk"><span class=""></span> <a class="name&#32;js-plnk&#32;profile-hover" data-hover="{&quot;u&quot;:&quot;Phoenix98&quot;,&quot;h&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/user/phoenix98" target="_self">Phoenix98</a>    <div class="util">    </div>   </div>  </div><div class="opinion-meta">    <span class="time"></span>  </div><div class="opinion-body expandable-text"><p >  Well I live in tornado country so I know what you mean we go through similar things. They're certainly not fun, well not all the time, at least. </p></div><div class="ibar-ops"><div class="ibar "><div class="hidden" >0</div> <span data-ga-action="Opinion - Like" class="modal connect-link" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <div class="ibar-like"><span class="ibar-like-label"><i class="icon-heart "></i>  </span><span class="ibar-likecounters"><span class="ibar-girlcounter">0</span><span class="ibar-vbar">|</span><span class="ibar-guycounter">0</span></span></div> </span><span data-ga-action="Opinion - Dislike" class="modal connect-link" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <div class="ibar-like not"><span class="ibar-like-label"><i class="icon-heart "></i>  </span><span class="ibar-likecounters"><span class="ibar-girlcounter">0</span><span class="ibar-vbar">|</span><span class="ibar-guycounter">0</span></span></div> </span> <div class="ibar-opinions"><span class="ibar-shareopinion"> <span class="modal connect-link tgepc" data-ga-action="Opinion - 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Floridians are probably the most hardcore when it comes to hurricanes.  </p></div>  <div class="ibar"> <a class="modal&#32;connect-link&#32;tgepc" data-ga-action="Reply&#32;-&#32;Reply" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country" data-id="signup" href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country" rel="nofollow">  <span class="ibar-opinions"><span class="ibar-shareopinion"><i class="icon-opinions"></i><span class="ibar-opinions-text">Reply</span></span></span> </a> </div>  </div></li><li class="answer reportable guy "><div class="g-g-comment-answer clearfix"><div class="user-info guy"><div class="info"> <a class="name&#32;profile-hover" data-hover="{&quot;u&quot;:&quot;Iron_Man&quot;,&quot;h&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/user/iron_man" target="_self">Iron_Man</a> </div></div><div class="opinion-meta">  <span class="time"></span>   </div><div class="comment-content expandable-text"><p> Yes they are. Used to be one could claim a big pay day off of the insurance company not anymore </p></div>  <div class="ibar"> <a class="modal&#32;connect-link&#32;tgepc" data-ga-action="Reply&#32;-&#32;Reply" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country" data-id="signup" href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country" rel="nofollow">  <span class="ibar-opinions"><span class="ibar-shareopinion"><i class="icon-opinions"></i><span class="ibar-opinions-text">Reply</span></span></span> </a> </div>  </div></li>   </ul><div class="clearfix"></div>  </div></li> <li id="a19471422" class="answer reportable  guy "><div class="g-g-answer" >  <div class="user-info guy answerer">  <div class="avatar left"><img src="https://images.girlsaskguys.com/users/24af4f8d1b21cf9c913808e49ae24209/thumb.png?33" width="45" height="45" class="responsive-img js-aplnk" alt="disgustingweebtrash" onerror="this.onerror=null;this.src='https://images.girlsaskguys.com/custom/useravatars/error-guy.png';" /></div><div class="info js-iplnk"><span class=""></span> <a class="name&#32;js-plnk&#32;profile-hover" data-hover="{&quot;u&quot;:&quot;disgustingweebtrash&quot;,&quot;h&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/user/disgustingweebtrash" target="_self">disgustingweebtrash</a>    <div class="util">    </div>   </div>  </div><div class="opinion-meta">    <span class="time"></span>  </div><div class="opinion-body expandable-text"><p >  Interesting </p></div><div class="ibar-ops"><div class="ibar "><div class="hidden" >0</div> <span data-ga-action="Opinion - 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People often assume wind does the most damage, but living here, I can tell you, it's almost always water everywhere because the winds tend to die down after a day or so, but the constant rain can last for sometimes a week plus.  </p></div>  <div class="ibar"> <a class="modal&#32;connect-link&#32;tgepc" data-ga-action="Reply&#32;-&#32;Reply" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country" data-id="signup" href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country" rel="nofollow">  <span class="ibar-opinions"><span class="ibar-shareopinion"><i class="icon-opinions"></i><span class="ibar-opinions-text">Reply</span></span></span> </a> </div>  </div></li>   </ul><div class="clearfix"></div>  </div></li> <li id="a19538445" class="answer reportable  guy "><div class="g-g-answer" >  <div class="user-info guy answerer">  <div class="avatar left"><img src="https://images.girlsaskguys.com/custom/useravatars/old-fashioned.jpg" width="45" height="45" class="responsive-img js-aplnk" alt="red324" onerror="this.onerror=null;this.src='https://images.girlsaskguys.com/custom/useravatars/error-guy.png';" /></div><div class="info js-iplnk"><span class=""></span> <a class="name&#32;js-plnk&#32;profile-hover" data-hover="{&quot;u&quot;:&quot;red324&quot;,&quot;h&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/user/red324" target="_self">red324</a>    <div class="util">    </div>   </div>  </div><div class="opinion-meta">    <span class="time"></span>  </div><div class="opinion-body expandable-text"><p >  Sounds about right.  </p></div><div class="ibar-ops"><div class="ibar "><div class="hidden" >0</div> <span data-ga-action="Opinion - Like" class="modal connect-link" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <div class="ibar-like"><span class="ibar-like-label"><i class="icon-heart "></i>  </span><span class="ibar-likecounters"><span class="ibar-girlcounter">0</span><span class="ibar-vbar">|</span><span class="ibar-guycounter">0</span></span></div> </span><span data-ga-action="Opinion - Dislike" class="modal connect-link" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <div class="ibar-like not"><span class="ibar-like-label"><i class="icon-heart "></i>  </span><span class="ibar-likecounters"><span class="ibar-girlcounter">0</span><span class="ibar-vbar">|</span><span class="ibar-guycounter">0</span></span></div> </span> <div class="ibar-opinions"><span class="ibar-shareopinion"> <span class="modal connect-link tgepc" data-ga-action="Opinion - Reply" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <i class="icon-opinions"></i> </span> </span></div>  </div></div>  </div></li> <li id="a19511529" class="answer reportable  guy "><div class="g-g-answer" >  <div class="user-info guy answerer">  <div class="avatar left"><img src="https://images.girlsaskguys.com/users/01ca93cad166f78d77d04ba25a9cb08b/thumb.jpg?7" width="45" height="45" class="responsive-img js-aplnk" alt="404filenotfound" onerror="this.onerror=null;this.src='https://images.girlsaskguys.com/custom/useravatars/error-guy.png';" /></div><div class="info js-iplnk"><span class=""></span> <a class="name&#32;js-plnk&#32;profile-hover" data-hover="{&quot;u&quot;:&quot;404filenotfound&quot;,&quot;h&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/user/404filenotfound" target="_self">404filenotfound</a>    <div class="util">    </div>   </div>  </div><div class="opinion-meta">    <span class="time"></span>  </div><div class="opinion-body expandable-text"><p >  Thanks for sharing! 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I live hapily in Quebec where there is no catastrphies, never. </p></div><div class="ibar-ops"><div class="ibar "><div class="hidden" >0</div> <span data-ga-action="Opinion - Like" class="modal connect-link" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <div class="ibar-like"><span class="ibar-like-label"><i class="icon-heart "></i>  </span><span class="ibar-likecounters"><span class="ibar-girlcounter">0</span><span class="ibar-vbar">|</span><span class="ibar-guycounter">0</span></span></div> </span><span data-ga-action="Opinion - Dislike" class="modal connect-link" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <div class="ibar-like not"><span class="ibar-like-label"><i class="icon-heart "></i>  </span><span class="ibar-likecounters"><span class="ibar-girlcounter">0</span><span class="ibar-vbar">|</span><span class="ibar-guycounter">0</span></span></div> </span> <div class="ibar-opinions"><span class="ibar-shareopinion"> <span class="modal connect-link tgepc" data-ga-action="Opinion - Reply" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <i class="icon-opinions"></i> </span> </span></div>  </div></div>  </div></li> <li id="a19455247" class="answer reportable  guy "><div class="g-g-answer" >  <div class="user-info guy answerer">  <div class="avatar left"><img src="https://images.girlsaskguys.com/users/179d652d50e65ba82990c0e5e18c2451/thumb.jpg?25" width="45" height="45" class="responsive-img js-aplnk" alt="Asad1ONE1" onerror="this.onerror=null;this.src='https://images.girlsaskguys.com/custom/useravatars/error-guy.png';" /></div><div class="info js-iplnk"><span class=""></span> <a class="name&#32;js-plnk&#32;profile-hover" data-hover="{&quot;u&quot;:&quot;Asad1ONE1&quot;,&quot;h&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/user/asad1one1" target="_self">Asad1ONE1</a>    <div class="util">    </div>   </div>  </div><div class="opinion-meta">    <span class="time"></span>  </div><div class="opinion-body expandable-text"><p >  I love hurricanes! Especially while in the midst of them standing outside! 😄 </p></div><div class="ibar-ops"><div class="ibar "><div class="hidden" >0</div> <span data-ga-action="Opinion - Like" class="modal connect-link" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <div class="ibar-like"><span class="ibar-like-label"><i class="icon-heart "></i>  </span><span class="ibar-likecounters"><span class="ibar-girlcounter">0</span><span class="ibar-vbar">|</span><span class="ibar-guycounter">0</span></span></div> </span><span data-ga-action="Opinion - Dislike" class="modal connect-link" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <div class="ibar-like not"><span class="ibar-like-label"><i class="icon-heart "></i>  </span><span class="ibar-likecounters"><span class="ibar-girlcounter">0</span><span class="ibar-vbar">|</span><span class="ibar-guycounter">0</span></span></div> </span> <div class="ibar-opinions"><span class="ibar-shareopinion"> <span class="modal connect-link tgepc" data-ga-action="Opinion - 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I'm praying for the folks in Texas. </p></div><div class="ibar-ops"><div class="ibar "><div class="hidden" >1</div> <span data-ga-action="Opinion - Like" class="modal connect-link" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <div class="ibar-like"><span class="ibar-like-label"><i class="icon-heart "></i>  </span><span class="ibar-likecounters"><span class="ibar-girlcounter">1</span><span class="ibar-vbar">|</span><span class="ibar-guycounter">0</span></span></div> </span><span data-ga-action="Opinion - Dislike" class="modal connect-link" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <div class="ibar-like not"><span class="ibar-like-label"><i class="icon-heart "></i>  </span><span class="ibar-likecounters"><span class="ibar-girlcounter">0</span><span class="ibar-vbar">|</span><span class="ibar-guycounter">0</span></span></div> </span> <div class="ibar-opinions"><span class="ibar-shareopinion"> <span class="modal connect-link tgepc" data-ga-action="Opinion - Reply" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <i class="icon-opinions"></i> </span> </span></div>  </div></div>  </div></li> </ul>  </div><div id="guys-answers-btm"></div><div id="article-between-gender" class="ad-box ad-slot"><div id='div-gpt-ione-10' class='adholder' style='margin: 0px auto; text-align: center;'><script type='text/javascript'>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ione-10'); });</script></div></div> <div id="girls-answers-hdr-anchor"></div> <div class="answer-hdr girl-hdr" id="girls-answers-hdr"><h2> What Girls Said  <span class="gender-answer-count">7</span>  </h2></div><div class="answers content girl sorted"> <ul class="answer-list">  <li id="a19496931" class="answer reportable  girl "><div class="g-g-answer" >  <div class="user-info girl answerer">  <div class="avatar left"><img src="https://images.girlsaskguys.com/users/1b0523d21af4abbe285dd0ee78f5552d/thumb.jpg?38" width="45" height="45" class="responsive-img js-aplnk" alt="Decemberbaby86" onerror="this.onerror=null;this.src='https://images.girlsaskguys.com/custom/useravatars/error-girl.png';" /></div><div class="info js-iplnk"><span class=""></span> <a class="name&#32;js-plnk&#32;profile-hover" data-hover="{&quot;u&quot;:&quot;Decemberbaby86&quot;,&quot;h&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/user/decemberbaby86" target="_self">Decemberbaby86</a>    <div class="util">    </div>   </div>  </div><div class="opinion-meta">    <span class="time"></span>  </div><div class="opinion-body expandable-text"><p >  I grew up in the gulf coast. In the panhandle. The only one my family has evacuated for was Opal when I was about 8 or 9. The last serious one was 2005 or 2006. We stayed inside. Other than those, really wasn't worried. Just another storm.  </p></div><div class="ibar-ops"><div class="ibar "><div class="hidden" >0</div> <span data-ga-action="Opinion - Like" class="modal connect-link" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <div class="ibar-like"><span class="ibar-like-label"><i class="icon-heart "></i>  </span><span class="ibar-likecounters"><span class="ibar-girlcounter">0</span><span class="ibar-vbar">|</span><span class="ibar-guycounter">0</span></span></div> </span><span data-ga-action="Opinion - Dislike" class="modal connect-link" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <div class="ibar-like not"><span class="ibar-like-label"><i class="icon-heart "></i>  </span><span class="ibar-likecounters"><span class="ibar-girlcounter">0</span><span class="ibar-vbar">|</span><span class="ibar-guycounter">0</span></span></div> </span> <div class="ibar-opinions"><span class="ibar-shareopinion"> <span class="modal connect-link tgepc" data-ga-action="Opinion - Reply" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <i class="icon-opinions"></i> </span> </span></div>  </div></div>  </div></li> <li id="a19456284" class="answer reportable  girl "><div class="g-g-answer" >  <div class="user-info girl answerer">  <div class="avatar left"><img src="https://images.girlsaskguys.com/users/7aa772d84b98caeb9af59d1d73568a2d/thumb.jpg?0" width="45" height="45" class="responsive-img js-aplnk" alt="Rissyanne" onerror="this.onerror=null;this.src='https://images.girlsaskguys.com/custom/useravatars/error-girl.png';" /></div><div class="info js-iplnk"><span class=""></span> <a class="name&#32;js-plnk&#32;profile-hover" data-hover="{&quot;u&quot;:&quot;Rissyanne&quot;,&quot;h&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/user/rissyanne" target="_self">Rissyanne</a>    <div class="util">    </div>   </div>  </div><div class="opinion-meta">    <span class="time"></span>  </div><div class="opinion-body expandable-text"><p >  Did you go through Katrina? </p></div><div class="ibar-ops"><div class="ibar "><div class="hidden" >0</div> <span data-ga-action="Opinion - Like" class="modal connect-link" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <div class="ibar-like"><span class="ibar-like-label"><i class="icon-heart "></i>  </span><span class="ibar-likecounters"><span class="ibar-girlcounter">0</span><span class="ibar-vbar">|</span><span class="ibar-guycounter">0</span></span></div> </span><span data-ga-action="Opinion - Dislike" class="modal connect-link" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <div class="ibar-like not"><span class="ibar-like-label"><i class="icon-heart "></i>  </span><span class="ibar-likecounters"><span class="ibar-girlcounter">0</span><span class="ibar-vbar">|</span><span class="ibar-guycounter">0</span></span></div> </span> <div class="ibar-opinions"><span class="ibar-shareopinion"> <span class="modal connect-link tgepc" data-ga-action="Opinion - Reply" rel="nofollow" data-id="signup" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country">    <i class="icon-opinions"></i> </span> </span></div>  </div></div>  <ul class="answer-comments"> <li class="answer reportable girl "><div class="g-g-comment-answer clearfix"><div class="user-info girl"><div class="info">  <span class="name">myTake Owner</span><div class="util">  </div>  </div></div><div class="opinion-meta">  <span class="time"></span>   </div><div class="comment-content expandable-text"><p> Literally by the skin of our teeth, we dodged that bullet, but unfortunately got it's cousin Ike 2 years later. </p></div>  <div class="ibar"> <a class="modal&#32;connect-link&#32;tgepc" data-ga-action="Reply&#32;-&#32;Reply" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country" data-id="signup" href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country" rel="nofollow">  <span class="ibar-opinions"><span class="ibar-shareopinion"><i class="icon-opinions"></i><span class="ibar-opinions-text">Reply</span></span></span> </a> </div>  </div></li>  <li class="comments-show-more"><div><span>Show All</span><span class="hidden">Show Less</span></div></li> <li class="answer reportable hidden canHidden girl "><div class="g-g-comment-answer clearfix"><div class="user-info girl"><div class="info"> <a class="name&#32;profile-hover" data-hover="{&quot;u&quot;:&quot;Rissyanne&quot;,&quot;h&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/user/rissyanne" target="_self">Rissyanne</a> </div></div><div class="opinion-meta">  <span class="time"></span>   </div><div class="comment-content expandable-text"><p> I went through Camille and Katrina </p></div>  <div class="ibar"> <a class="modal&#32;connect-link&#32;tgepc" data-ga-action="Reply&#32;-&#32;Reply" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country" data-id="signup" href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country" rel="nofollow">  <span class="ibar-opinions"><span class="ibar-shareopinion"><i class="icon-opinions"></i><span class="ibar-opinions-text">Reply</span></span></span> </a> </div>  </div></li><li class="answer reportable hidden canHidden girl "><div class="g-g-comment-answer clearfix"><div class="user-info girl"><div class="info">  <span class="name">myTake Owner</span><div class="util">  </div>  </div></div><div class="opinion-meta">  <span class="time"></span>   </div><div class="comment-content expandable-text"><p> if you don't mind me asking, how did you fair? </p></div>  <div class="ibar"> <a class="modal&#32;connect-link&#32;tgepc" data-ga-action="Reply&#32;-&#32;Reply" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country" data-id="signup" href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country" rel="nofollow">  <span class="ibar-opinions"><span class="ibar-shareopinion"><i class="icon-opinions"></i><span class="ibar-opinions-text">Reply</span></span></span> </a> </div>  </div></li><li class="answer reportable hidden canHidden girl "><div class="g-g-comment-answer clearfix"><div class="user-info girl"><div class="info"> <a class="name&#32;profile-hover" data-hover="{&quot;u&quot;:&quot;Rissyanne&quot;,&quot;h&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/user/rissyanne" target="_self">Rissyanne</a> </div></div><div class="opinion-meta">  <span class="time"></span>   </div><div class="comment-content expandable-text"><p> I lived through it.. lol I was very small. But I remember the pressure hurt my ears. And I remember my father walking around the yard during the eye. We went 3 weeks without electricity.  </p></div>  <div class="ibar"> <a class="modal&#32;connect-link&#32;tgepc" data-ga-action="Reply&#32;-&#32;Reply" data-href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country" data-id="signup" href="https://www.girlsaskguys.com/signup?returnurl=%2fother%2fa48645-life-in-hurricane-country" rel="nofollow">  <span class="ibar-opinions"><span class="ibar-shareopinion"><i class="icon-opinions"></i><span class="ibar-opinions-text">Reply</span></span></span> </a> </div>  </div></li> <li class="answer reportable girl "><div class="g-g-comment-answer clearfix"><div class="user-info girl"><div class="info">  <span class="name">myTake Owner</span><div class="util">  </div>  </div></div><div class="opinion-meta">  <span class="time"></span>   </div><div class="comment-content expandable-text"><p> Glad you guys got through it. Katrina was the stuff of nightmares. The thing with Ike that got me was moreso the aftermath. I live in a city where there is noise all day long... firetrucks, people playing music, kids running and laughing, construction noise, everything, and afterwards, there was nothing. No sound. No light. There was no power on like you for 3 weeks, and no one had gas to waste driving around, and nothing worked or was open. 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