Hell-o from sunny Florida
12-14-2010, 08:03 PM
#52
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pensacola, FL
Posts: 287
To Dana,
What a snow story!!! I think I'm glad I live in Florida, although we do have hurricanes. When Hurricane Camille hit in 1969 I was 8 months pregnant. This was long before the internet, and we were young; hadn't been tracking the storm closely. A policeman rang our door bell in the middle of the night saying there was a mandatory evacuation of the area where we lived, and that there was a shelter at a local high school if we needed a place. We hastily packed a few essentials, bundled our 2 year old up and drove to the shelter. They only had a couple cots, and they gave me one due to my advanced pregnancy. We ended up being there for two days and nights, camped out in a high school gymnasium with a 2 year old! They kept a close eye on me, sure that I would go into labor with the barometric changes, but thankfully, I did not. Our baby daughter arrived 1 month later, 3 days after my due date. That is as close as I ever want to come with an adventure with nature:-) Now when it is hurricane season, we track those storms very carefully!
What a snow story!!! I think I'm glad I live in Florida, although we do have hurricanes. When Hurricane Camille hit in 1969 I was 8 months pregnant. This was long before the internet, and we were young; hadn't been tracking the storm closely. A policeman rang our door bell in the middle of the night saying there was a mandatory evacuation of the area where we lived, and that there was a shelter at a local high school if we needed a place. We hastily packed a few essentials, bundled our 2 year old up and drove to the shelter. They only had a couple cots, and they gave me one due to my advanced pregnancy. We ended up being there for two days and nights, camped out in a high school gymnasium with a 2 year old! They kept a close eye on me, sure that I would go into labor with the barometric changes, but thankfully, I did not. Our baby daughter arrived 1 month later, 3 days after my due date. That is as close as I ever want to come with an adventure with nature:-) Now when it is hurricane season, we track those storms very carefully!
12-15-2010, 06:32 PM
#53
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Castle Hill, Maine
Posts: 32
A good idea. You'll never know who will blow in next!
Occassionally we get hurricanes here in New England. Back in 1938 I had just arrived home from school when the down pour, and very high winds hit. A baby sitter Mother had was a business student at a local school. She lived in a town 25 miles from my town, and had decided to drive home that weekend. She got as far as Water Street!
Occassionally we get hurricanes here in New England. Back in 1938 I had just arrived home from school when the down pour, and very high winds hit. A baby sitter Mother had was a business student at a local school. She lived in a town 25 miles from my town, and had decided to drive home that weekend. She got as far as Water Street!
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