As someone living on the gulf coast I feel for the people in Louisiana.

[Texaswitchy]

We had Hurricane Ike.

It was bad.

My old house was over built in 1930.

Didn't even shake but the sound of the wind.

I hate the coming of fall now.

[jpak]

1. If you've never experienced hurricane force winds

The sounds they make are strange and terrifying.

Yikes

[malaise]

2. And then they suddenly stop and then

return in the opposite direction. No one needs more than one Cat 3 hurricane. I cannot imagine Cat 4 or Cat 5. And I'm so much older now - Nooooooooooooooooo!

[Texaswitchy]

3. Hell yeah.

With Ike we just had put in new windows.

So we covered them with two layers of tin.

No plywood left.

Worked well but the sound of the blowing thru the tin was loud.

The waiting and the sounds are the worst.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. I remember Ike

Some of my law partners had no power for 3 or 4 weeks. They were going to the YMCA to shower and change each day. I was lucky and only lost power for 40 hours.

I truly feel sorry for the people in this monster storm

Build the Ike Dike

[Texaswitchy]

5. We had a generator and running water.

Gas water heater.

We had a house full of people.

One was pregnant, very pregnant.

My house mate was ready to deliver the baby.

The baby was kind enough to wait.