". .. I'm actually excited by the prospect.
I've been through a wide variety of weather--but never a hurricane .... "
That is a .... Be Careful What You Wish For . . . sort of thing.
I went through eight in two summers in Key West, with a 40 foot sailboat to worry about.
We had house immediately on the Atlantic,, on Geiger Key just east of Key West.
I had a concrete stilt house built like a fortress, so never any danger, and a 7 KW diesel generator and DirecTV.
Still,, a lot of aggravation.
Miserable, if you don't have the resources. Thousands went without power after the major hurricanes in So Florida.
No AC, no refrigeration. I remember one particular length of power line that ran to my house,,, it was more patches than wire.
You pray that they pass quickly,, and usually do,,matter of hours,, just the freight train sound wears you mentally and physically.
I hired a guy with a bobcat to come in after each storm,, the quantity of mud and debris of all kinds that is dredged up and washed in to a depth of two feet would astonish you.
I always hoped that one of those famed "square groupers" would wash up ....
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