What weather events have you been in? I was in the great icestorm Ontario/Quebec in about 1998.

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29. I understand about that being a primary reason for personal terror.

It was the same way with me during Ike. I was thankful that my past-wife and I are still friends, as were txting during it and she was keeping me calm. The gusts were strong enough to shake this 60-year-old brick and stud building.

Our power went out even before the storm had rolled in, and I heard people in the apartments next to us stupidly having a hurricane party. Once the winds really began to blow, they finally figured it out and got inside.

And sharing coffee for everyone after Alicia reminds me of how we also lost electricity and had to use the backyard grills. We all shared our foods and ate a lot of meat that week of no electricity...