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I'll still take tornados over hurricanes any day
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<blockquote data-quote="OKNewshawk" data-source="post: 3629317" data-attributes="member: 6592"><p>The only reason I prefer hurricanes is that you have plenty of warning and can get out before they hit. I've not been through a direct hit but I have ridden out a number of hurricanes as they went north off the Jersey Shore, from Donna in 1960 to Floyd in 1999. What was worse than any of them was the March 1962 storm (also called the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Wednesday_Storm_of_1962" target="_blank">Ash Wednesday storm</a>.) It split the island I lived on in six pieces, killed six people, and caused the mothballed destroyer USS Monssen, being towed to the Philadelphia Navy Yard, to break its tow line and wash ashore three miles south of my house. Dislodging her took months and killed one man. An officer inspecting progress kicked a tow line out to a seagoing tug. The cable was under immense stress and when he kicked it, it snapped, wrapping around him and killing him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OKNewshawk, post: 3629317, member: 6592"] The only reason I prefer hurricanes is that you have plenty of warning and can get out before they hit. I've not been through a direct hit but I have ridden out a number of hurricanes as they went north off the Jersey Shore, from Donna in 1960 to Floyd in 1999. What was worse than any of them was the March 1962 storm (also called the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Wednesday_Storm_of_1962']Ash Wednesday storm[/URL].) It split the island I lived on in six pieces, killed six people, and caused the mothballed destroyer USS Monssen, being towed to the Philadelphia Navy Yard, to break its tow line and wash ashore three miles south of my house. Dislodging her took months and killed one man. An officer inspecting progress kicked a tow line out to a seagoing tug. The cable was under immense stress and when he kicked it, it snapped, wrapping around him and killing him. [/QUOTE]
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