Hurricane Earl...

there is no bigger adrenaline high then sitting out a cat 3/4 you hears trees splitting apart that sound like cannons trees hitting buildings, and shattering them like egg shells, cars get picked up and slammed onto roofs.....it is ....INTENSE

The house I lived in on St.Thomas was an old Army Barracks. The walls and roof were solid concrete 2 foot thick. the building was cinsidered bomb proof for the 1940's...when a palm tree hit the building it would shake this two story concrete building and make a noise like an explosion.......I will not sit out a four in anything but a building like that

 

I would sit one out with ya...I just dont do a typical hurricane party like I used to though...but if I was in the barracks again oh hell yeah we'd be boozing it up and playing cards by the light of the kerosene lamps!!

 

Man that happened to me when I was at aircrew school in pensacola florida, we woud up riding out a tropical storm in the barracs, there were only 4 of us on duty, so everyone else was gone because it was a 3 day weekend.

the only movie we could get our hands on when the tv went out was the Conan the Barbarian trilogy.

Watching it was better than nothing, evnetually I shut the sound off and made up my own words, it was funny as hell.

 

we used to have some crazy parties.....but I think the DUMBEST thing I ever did was go out body surfing in between two hurricanes.....hurricanes David and Frederick they came thru the Islands at about a cat1/2 strength and me and my best friend went out body surfing.....this was I think 1978/79 I remember we were stoned as hell, been drinking rum straight to stay warm.
The waves were an easy 10-12 foot and were breaking crazy......

Man good times

 

Dang.......She may be right !!!!!!

 

It is not ging to be good that is for sure...

 

im in De and Im not the bit least worried. We never get anything but some rain and a few 30mph winds.................................

 

My odds are pretty good for a relief effort. I been to every hurricane relief the past three years with this company. If you ever been in one it's no fun evacuating or the mass return is bad too.

I have a brother that lives near Norfolk, VA. I'll have to check on him.