As I reply to threads about Hurricane Ike, I keep referring to my childhood on the Texas Coast, and my priorities as a child to buy things like Marshmallows to tide us over during power outages (roasting them on the gas stove!). Thankfully (and God bless those who did) I never experienced anything like Katrina. I was 40 miles inland, so we never got the full brunt of storms, but power usually went out. My mother was Pregnant with me during Hurricane Carla in 1961 and had to flee the coast with me in a big pregnant belly, just to return home to a house that had no front porch left anymore because it got blew off by Carla. I still have the pictures. (which I should dig up, scan & share, in all their black & white glory...)
So.... does anyone else have any memories from past hurricanes? Hurricanes of old? Good, Bad, or just even silly memories of childhood when we didn't know how bad it could be and only bought Marshmallows... those kinds of memories? Memories of being 20-something and thinking Masking Tape on your windows will save you and the world? Please share!
Anyone want to share? Sharing these thoughts may take your mind off Mr. Ike coming, if only for a moment....
