This is no Florida Hurricane

Growing up in Florida, I was always in love with a good hurricane. I say this lightly, not because I’m not aware of the destruction and heartache such cyclones can cause, but because I never experienced it. Strangely enough, even though I lived on the west coast of Florida for 20 years, I never witnessed or lived through a seriously destructive storm. In fact, the first hurricane that really scared me happened during the summer of 1995 when I was working on Fishers Island off the coast of New York. There, trees were blown down and boats were upended and overturned along the beach. It just seems strange to have a hurrican coming to DC–DC seems too civilized . . .
Here’s hoping that everyone is safe and well . . .
Speaking of Florida hurricanes, Marjory Stoneman Douglas has a really interesting account of the 1935 hurricane that dessimated the keys.