Hurricane Season In Florida

I wrote this article last year when hurricanes afterFlorida but was not of great intensity. Then came Ivan.
hurricanes pounded Florida. It is the hurricane season.Ivan was supposed to be very fierce and dangerous.
This year the season has turned ugly for the state ofBut 'Ivan the terrible' drifted westward and finally struct
Florida. "There are no seasons in Florida", they say. Butthe coast of Alabama. This also happened when I was
we can now say there are two distinct seasons instill travelling to Omaha.I can understand the panic
Florida: Hurricane season and Non-hurricanefaced by my hapless wife or my friend and his family.
season.We moved to this state last year from texas.But I do not get why people have to panic and have
When I joined the VA hospital as software engineer Iany trouble at all to get out of harm's way. In today's
was very surprised to hear that we had to attendtechnology, they get warning far in advance.It is also
two mandatory hurricane safety class. It had usironical that all tourist are welcome in Florida except
worried for a while. But all we got last year was sunnyhurricanes? Why can't they not visit florida? After all,
skies all the time and some rain. We did not find anythey do a superb job of cleaning up debris. If people
reason to worry. We almost took to the words thatare careful and have some respect to the mother
dogs that barks does not bite.But this year! Oh boy!nature, the human toll can be almost non-existent. We
What a difference a year make? It was furthercan not emphasize enough that there is no need to be
complicated by the fact that hurricanes tended tohero, no need to stay in front of a running train unless
come our way whenever I am out of town. It was badyou work for CNN! Difference between with them and
enough to get downsized from a government project.you is simple. They are in front of a camera and you
After six weeks of searching, I was able land a job inare not! So nobody will come to know if something
Omaha, NE. I was excited to have this job because itstrikes you and you fall or die until it is too late!This also
involved travelling and that meant frequent flyer miles. Itgot me thinking. Can we not make use of the huge
was beginning to be fun. But within a few weeks,source of energy in some way? The way oil prices
came the news of hurricane Charlieare going upward and the prospect of global energy
which headed directly toward where I live. I felt verycrisis looming, one can not understand how this huge
worried for my wife. Isource of energy be ignored. We can place many
started frantically calling my friends asking for help. Butwindmills along Florida coastline. When the hurricane
fortunately, when the dust settled, there was nocomes ashore, the windmills starts churning and
problem at all for us, because Charlie changed pathproduce electricity. One can either store the electricity
drastically and headed toward Disneyland. It was aor simply sell it hapless countries like Cuba.But what will
great sigh of relief for me. However, it was not so forhappen the no hurricane comes this way. Like 'Ivan'
some people in Punte Gorde. It was also not gooddecided to dodge Florida altogether and headed for
experience for one of my friends who was alsothe boring state of Alabama. I think hurricanes can be
downsized along with me and took a job in Fortlured as well just as humans can be. They can put
Myeres. He had sister living there.They decided tosigns of Disneyland and numerous other places of
packentertainment on the sea (using the electricity
and move to a hotel between their houses so whengenerated by those windmills). This may help wayward
the storm was gone they can move to whicheverships or the desparate cubans who are trying to come
house will be in better shape. But Charley decided toto USA on a boat or sometimes just a log.I am deeply
ignore both their houses and headed straight to thesaddened by the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. My
hotel they took shelter in.The hotel was badlythoughts and prayers are with the victims. I hope they
damaged, but they were fine as they huddled all ofcome out
them together in the closet. When they came out andof their misery soon. If you want to donate please go
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