What Hurricanes have you been through?

[sparky]

James was wondering how many landfalling hurricanes have you been through? Which was the most scariest?

[jfranklin]

Just the ones that hit Miami. Cleo was the first one in 1964 - we went out in the eye, I sort of remember (I was 6). Then a sideswipe from Betsy and Inez the following two years. Then a long gap before Andrew. I bet it's not hard to guess which was scariest.

I guess you also have to count Irene in 1999, although no hurricane force sustained winds occurred in Dade County. Still, we had ~16 inches of rain that completely isolated my neighborhood. I had to wade through waist deep water at 5:30 in the morning to get out so I could work my shift at the Hurricane Center.

James

[BaytownWeatherWatcher]

I was in 3rd grade when Carla came through here.

[ticka1]

I wasn't born for Carla. I went through Alicia in Nacogdoches - stayed up all night watching TWC - took exams and headed home.

Hurricane Jerry passed over us Highlands - was a small complex little hurricane to say the least. The most famous I have been through is Tropical Storm Allison. Since I moved to Baytown and live only 5 miles from Trinity Bay - I wish hurricanes away!!!

[jeffl]

I have seen the scares of Carla at Port Lavaca (old causeway destroyed by the surge) and Oliva around the north side of Matagorda Bay. There is a light pole at the end of HWY 172 showing the high water (surge) mark after the hurricane...it is about 22 feet high.

I was 2 when Alicia came through the area. I sept through the entire storm even when two trees fell through the roof. Then came Allison #1, Chantal, and Jerry in 1989.

Recently, TS Frances and TS Fay I experienced in Galveston and I was in the northern eyewall of Hurr. Claudette (2003) as it moved ashore over Matagorda Bay.

However, the most memorable was TS Allison #2 (2001) when 4 feet of water flooded the house. I will never forget that Friday night, incredible does not even begin to describe the rainfall and resulting flooding.

With that said, one day Allison will look like a little baby after a major hurricane passes through this area. I dread the days before and the weeks after a major hit from the evacuation stand point to the months of clean up that will ensue.

[longtalltexan79]

The first storm that I remember was Alicia when I was 3, living in Houston. I slept through it, but I remember my parents getting the house ready for it. Putting the plywood up and I helped put plants up. It is very memorable for me.

I remember getting ready for storms when I lived in Alvin, but the storms moved in another direction.

In 88' we evacuated for Gilbert. Had to take our two horses with us. I remember we'd gotten all the way up to Livingston where my grandparents lived at the time and when we turned on the TV the storm had moved more westerly towards Mexico.

Most recently of course was Claudette, which I won't be forgetting since the electricity was out for over a day and it was hot and humid outside so it was miserable inside.

Then of course there's been the assorted TS: Frances, Fay, Dean, Arlene, Charley, and I'm sure more that I can't remember at the moment.

My mom actually remembers a storm that came through in '49 when she was 5....and my dad came here from California just in time for Carla...and he being the young idiot he was went out driving in it with my uncle...he is lucky he didn't get hurt...my mom was a wreck while he was out in it...that was his first hurricane ever, lol, nice first time experience

I'm with Jeff about how people are going to react here if a big storm comes through...the before evacuations are going to be like a mad house...and afterwards when the storm is gone and the destruction is left behind...