I've weathered almost every hurricane since Donna in 1960, including a cat 5 -- I don't advise that for everyone.

In a hurricane, the biggest problem is the flooding, and I have always lived on the Eastern Sand Ridge, I'm now 32' above sea level. The house was built in 1950 before the developers bribed the politicians to water down the tough building code.

They later sold frame homes built with 2x4s with shingle roofs to northerners on land that used to be swamps. The new arrivals got duped into buying houses that were never designed to withstand the force of a major hurricane and on land that often floods. These people have the most trouble.

But high and dry with a well constructed house means the odds of surviving are probably better than driving out on I95 or US1.

I live on the east coast so the storm missed us. We may have gotten a few gale force winds and some rain.

I'll be going out to donate blood later today. There might be some people who need it, and if enough of us give, the supply won't run low.

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