Comments on: Hurricane Irene: Would You Ride It Out for the “Experience”?? http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/2011/08/hurricane-irene-would-you-ride-it-out-for-the-experience/ Navigating through life away from the library Sat, 19 May 2012 15:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: DaenelT http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/2011/08/hurricane-irene-would-you-ride-it-out-for-the-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-11078 DaenelT Sat, 27 Aug 2011 16:56:00 +0000 http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/?p=5664#comment-11078 Reggie, knowing what I know of you from your blog, I can so see you staying put.  I lived in New Orleans for a bit and in various parts of the south for a while but I never dealt with any of the heavy storms (although a sprinkling in NOLA would cause our campus to flood).  I don't think it's the storms that so much bother me but the destruction after the storms ~ that doesn't concern you? PS If you ever end up floating down river on CNN, give a sista a shout out!  :-) Reggie, knowing what I know of you from your blog, I can so see you staying put.  I lived in New Orleans for a bit and in various parts of the south for a while but I never dealt with any of the heavy storms (although a sprinkling in NOLA would cause our campus to flood).  I don’t think it’s the storms that so much bother me but the destruction after the storms ~ that doesn’t concern you?

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If you ever end up floating down river on CNN, give a sista a shout out!  :-)

]]> By: DaenelT http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/2011/08/hurricane-irene-would-you-ride-it-out-for-the-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-11077 DaenelT Sat, 27 Aug 2011 16:44:00 +0000 http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/?p=5664#comment-11077 Exactly.  I think if adults decide to stay, they should have to deal with what happens but to put their kids/spouses/first responders at risk?  That's absolutely insane and selfish. Exactly.  I think if adults decide to stay, they should have to deal with what happens but to put their kids/spouses/first responders at risk?  That’s absolutely insane and selfish.

]]> By: DaenelT http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/2011/08/hurricane-irene-would-you-ride-it-out-for-the-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-11075 DaenelT Sat, 27 Aug 2011 16:42:00 +0000 http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/?p=5664#comment-11075 Exactly.  On CNN there was a couple who were kind of arguing about it because she wanted to leave and he wanted to stay.  If he loved his wife, wouldn't he take her fears/concerns under advisement? Exactly.  On CNN there was a couple who were kind of arguing about it because she wanted to leave and he wanted to stay.  If he loved his wife, wouldn’t he take her fears/concerns under advisement?

]]> By: DaenelT http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/2011/08/hurricane-irene-would-you-ride-it-out-for-the-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-11076 DaenelT Sat, 27 Aug 2011 16:42:00 +0000 http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/?p=5664#comment-11076 That's how I am ~ err on the side of caution. That’s how I am ~ err on the side of caution.

]]> By: Reggie http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/2011/08/hurricane-irene-would-you-ride-it-out-for-the-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-11066 Reggie Sat, 27 Aug 2011 14:41:00 +0000 http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/?p=5664#comment-11066 Experience it?!? Nah, I don't think so. I live in Charleston, South Carolina.  The storm passed to our east, but I honestly wouldn't be moved by a category 2 storm. I live not that far from the coast and if it had hit us head on, I'd have stayed provided it was just a category 2. Now a 4........yeah, I'd evacuate for that.  But I must admit, I was in New Orleans when Andrew hit and I believe that was a category 4. That was a powerful storm. That's the first storm that I remember sitting through, but I've lived in the south for most of my life so I'm sure I've been close to the coast when others hit. I think that Hurricane Katrina taught many of us to be afraid of storms though and I think it's Katrinized most of the coastal regions to a point where they don't want to be the next New Orleans. I don't understand those idiots who go surfing when the hurricane winds start blowing, but I do understand some of the stalwarts that refuse to leave their homes. Experience it?!? Nah, I don’t think so.

I live in Charleston, South Carolina.  The storm passed to our east, but I honestly wouldn’t be moved by a category 2 storm. I live not that far from the coast and if it had hit us head on, I’d have stayed provided it was just a category 2. Now a 4……..yeah, I’d evacuate for that.  But I must admit, I was in New Orleans when Andrew hit and I believe that was a category 4. That was a powerful storm. That’s the first storm that I remember sitting through, but I’ve lived in the south for most of my life so I’m sure I’ve been close to the coast when others hit.

I think that Hurricane Katrina taught many of us to be afraid of storms though and I think it’s Katrinized most of the coastal regions to a point where they don’t want to be the next New Orleans.

I don’t understand those idiots who go surfing when the hurricane winds start blowing, but I do understand some of the stalwarts that refuse to leave their homes.

]]> By: dwija borobia http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/2011/08/hurricane-irene-would-you-ride-it-out-for-the-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-11062 dwija borobia Sat, 27 Aug 2011 13:19:00 +0000 http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/?p=5664#comment-11062 Preach it!  It's just selfish is what it is.  And what if you're a parent or wife or husband and you get killed "for the experience"?  How does that lift up your children or your spouse?  Frustrating.  Preach it!  It’s just selfish is what it is.  And what if you’re a parent or wife or husband and you get killed “for the experience”?  How does that lift up your children or your spouse?  Frustrating. 

]]> By: Optimistic Mom http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/2011/08/hurricane-irene-would-you-ride-it-out-for-the-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-11065 Optimistic Mom Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:45:00 +0000 http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/?p=5664#comment-11065 If we were on the coast, the first time they said we were on the path of the storm I would start packing. I wouldn't think about staying! For the adults who make the informed decision to stay, let them stay. I just don't think they should put children at risk and those who can't make their own decisions. If we were on the coast, the first time they said we were on the path of the storm I would start packing. I wouldn’t think about staying! For the adults who make the informed decision to stay, let them stay. I just don’t think they should put children at risk and those who can’t make their own decisions.

]]> By: E. RaMona http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/2011/08/hurricane-irene-would-you-ride-it-out-for-the-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-11063 E. RaMona Sat, 27 Aug 2011 04:34:00 +0000 http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/?p=5664#comment-11063 I can't understand why anyone would want to "ride it out." I always want to err on the side of caution.  I can’t understand why anyone would want to “ride it out.” I always want to err on the side of caution. 

]]> By: elliereads http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/2011/08/hurricane-irene-would-you-ride-it-out-for-the-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-11057 elliereads Sat, 27 Aug 2011 00:11:00 +0000 http://livingoutsidethestacks.com/?p=5664#comment-11057 Agreed. Agreed.

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