YES.
When we lived in Maryland, I saw this image multiple times with a different name plugged into the top. The thing about it there was the exact same thing about it here. Certain areas DID get hit hard. I remember friends in Maryland going days without electricity while others of us had it. We lived at the bottom of a hill so our front door would always flood, we'd have mountains of towels piled up while friends who lived in apartment complexes never dealt with that issue. I remember the power going out but it being so extremely humid that we slept on the floor downstairs because it was too miserable in the upstairs bedroom. Quinn even had a tree fall on his old Explorer.
Same here... our island didn't experience nearly anything... a good lightning show & some nice rain. Maui on the other hand got completely slammed! The entire east side lost power, trees and electrical poles fell on the road to Hana blocking those who lived there from leaving/going home, their water pumps also went out. Two houses and a man were struck by lightning!
Why even talk about this?
Well for starters people annoy me posting things like:
"Soooo disappointing!"
"What a joke."
"Why'd we even worry?"
It's exactly the same as everyone complaining about being evacuated from their homes earlier this year for the tsunami warning. I'm willing to bet that everyone who was "disappointed," thought it was a "joke," and didn't have a hint of "worry," would be the same people screaming and crying out that the National Guard and FEMA didn't show up fast enough if something were to happen.
My advice to those people -
- Don't evacuate.
- Don't make sure you have food & water for your family.
- Don't worry.
DO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE ACTIONS & DON'T COMPLAIN WHEN CATASTROPHE DOES HAPPEN.
I'm a firm believer in "better safe than sorry."
I've been thru two category 1 hurricanes (I can't even begin to fathom those who have been thru 4s!), multiple tropical storms, 2 blizzards, and multiple earthquakes. Every time I was glad for the supplies we had on hand and the ability to evacuate to a friends home or open our house to others in need. I have a friend whose family lost everything they couldn't put in a suitcase to Hurricane Katrina, another friend whose grandparents house suffered the same fate to the tornado's in Oklahoma... ask them how they feel when they hear warnings or sirens. If you tell them "no big deal" they're gonna look at you like you're an idiot and take shelter with their supplies while you stand outside.
