tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post5289541290364364978..comments2024-03-28T12:59:00.516-04:00Comments on Heroes, Heroines, and History: Hurricanes!Debbie Lynne Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381517812227326616noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-12059796087444820352013-06-02T14:35:16.058-04:002013-06-02T14:35:16.058-04:00I can't believe the death toll on some of thos...I can't believe the death toll on some of those hurricanes. And to think the population was a fraction of what it is today. We live in SC and have seen hurricane after hurricane devastate Charleston. The city sits below sea level so that compounds problems. In 1989 Hugo traveled all the way up the state and into NC!Debbie Lynne Costellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16381517812227326616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-9778339525900386822013-06-02T14:09:08.021-04:002013-06-02T14:09:08.021-04:00Thank you for the interesting post. I love reading...Thank you for the interesting post. I love reading about historical information of this kind. My family history chronicles something akin to a hurricane in the year 1635 causing the ship on which my ancestors traveled from England, the Angel Gabriel, to sink just off Pemaquid Maine.<br />Cathy Bryanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18408869444824210989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-15710909068868204402013-06-02T13:55:50.525-04:002013-06-02T13:55:50.525-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Cathy Bryanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18408869444824210989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-21557934763432859692013-06-01T17:19:49.337-04:002013-06-01T17:19:49.337-04:00What amazes me about storms is the way they can re...What amazes me about storms is the way they can reduce our advanced, high tech culture down to the same vulnerability as people who lived a century ago. My friend lived near Houston during a major hurricane, and I remember how she fled with her husband and son--her son who had severe asthma and pneumonia and needed a nebulizer every four hours--and there they were, stuck on a highway evacuating with tens of thousands of others with no electricity, no ability to get medical help. Truly helpless feeling. <br />Fascinating history, so dramatic.Kathleen L. Maherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04832392802575583491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-72088859575756401482013-06-01T14:05:40.021-04:002013-06-01T14:05:40.021-04:00Wow - what an interesting post with all the troubl...Wow - what an interesting post with all the trouble in OK...very interesting...thanks<br />truckredford(at)gmail(dot)comTruckredfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15503888758596450251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-41264231993111867952013-06-01T12:49:57.448-04:002013-06-01T12:49:57.448-04:00I grew up in MO so dealt with tornadoes. I cannot ...I grew up in MO so dealt with tornadoes. I cannot imagine what a hurricane would be like.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05146253065011193292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-61771958722616793552013-06-01T12:17:21.716-04:002013-06-01T12:17:21.716-04:00Kathleen, you jumped out of the frying pan and int...Kathleen, you jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire when you moved from Texas's Hurricane Area to Tornado Alley.:)<br /><br />Thanks for this interesting post. I didn't know about all of those hurricanes. I wonder, too, how early pioneers dealt with severe weather incidents. I imagine many were ill-prepared to face such disasters. Vickie McDonoughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698966142886006577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-66524257740636646942013-06-01T09:28:24.588-04:002013-06-01T09:28:24.588-04:00I cannot imagine not having warnings! It's so ...I cannot imagine not having warnings! It's so hard to imagine what those people thought when a hurricane would come bearing down on them. They are terrifying enough with warning! Great info I had never known before. I live in MI where we don't have much of anything to worry about up here besides an occasional flat line winds. <br />Susan PSusan Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00885508869904521374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-21436416859941825092013-06-01T06:06:26.275-04:002013-06-01T06:06:26.275-04:00yes, how much worse to have no warnings. My first ...yes, how much worse to have no warnings. My first thought this morning was all the social media posts last night with the tornado (fri night OKC). Both types of storms can be so deadly. I'm glad to be north and deal with them on much smaller scale. What a blessing that last night's storms seems to have a very low mortality,<br /><br />Yet, a both type of storms are endlessly fascinating for their raw power.Debra E. Marvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17853387871623424853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-8883978034200290862013-06-01T05:42:35.180-04:002013-06-01T05:42:35.180-04:00As devastating as recent hurricanes have been in t...As devastating as recent hurricanes have been in the USA - it appears, from your blog, that they were even worse many years ago. I'm guessing that may be due to better communication & increased safety measures.<br />I used to dream of living by an ocean, but have decided that the worry of hurricanes wouldn't be worth it to me.<br />Thanks for an interesting blog entry.<br /><br />bonnieroof60@yahoo.com bontonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02852536941656729576noreply@blogger.com