[Cleo]

My house is built like a bunker with a low roof, small windows, and made out of cement block plus despite living less then a mile from the ocean I'm not in a flood zone being on what is considered high ground here. Because the ocean is very deep on this side of the state we don't have issues with storm surge like the Gulf coast does.

Hurricanes are a real pain in the ass. When one looks like it is coming my way I have to spend a hour putting up shutters and making sure that my almost 200 gallons of fuel storage is full along with all my other storm supplies. I spend extra each month on backup ADSL service since my very fast cable internet goes down for weeks after each storm. Probably going to switch to satellite for backup internet next year since a storm could knock out my backup ADSL service. I pay a lot for insurance on my home and also spent a lot this year having all my trees trimmed way back.

Hurricanes are an annoyance here but way more people die each week driving then from any hurricanes here since this area was built with hurricanes in mind.

Lived here for over twenty years without ever seeing a hurricane but it does look like things have changed. Hopefully we will not get one the week of the show.