Hurricane memories I remember the most have to deal with Hurricane Andrew. Some slightly lighthearted stories might be better to share than the others.
Well, my house wound up being in Andrew's eye wall, lots of damage. Thank goodness my house was old by the neighborhood's standards (built in the 50's) so it wasn't structural--it did ruin the roof--but everything else. We had to live in a hotel due to the excessive amount of work we had to do in order for the house to be fixed. We tried camping it out for a while. That included sleeping in the den on sleeping bags or a pull out couch. The couch was so bad we preferred sleeping in sleeping bags!
So once we went to the hotel, and being only 5 or 6, I thought it was AWESOME!
I got to go to the near by Eckards and get Lisa Frank school supplies, which my Mom would have NEVER let me get otherwise. I thought that was just the coolest, I wasn't concerned that school was postponed due to this insane hurricane that hit!
Another funny story, I remember the huge trash piles that'd be on everyone's yards. My neighbors and I would get on our respective piles and throw things at each other, and thought it was the best game ever!
It's funny how you view things when you're little. I hated getting "Hurricane Days" as it meant something bad was or might be coming. But I'd get
insanely jealous whenever I'd hear that my family up north got snow days!
