Re: Best season in memory...so far
Posted by Beachlover on 9/20/2015, 1:17 pm
Have to agree wholeheartedly with alligatorob, as much as I also understand and sympathize with Jim's position.  

My husband made it clear, after the upheaval and displacement we endured due to Hurricane Ivan, that if it ever happened again we'd be "outta here."   The thought of leaving my paradise was and is just too awful to contemplate, and I'm very, very grateful for these peaceful seasons, allowing us to enjoy where we live without constant low level stress waiting for the next one.  NOT that we aren't prepared should it happen; it 's just so nice not living on the edge all the time.

Without rancor or smugness, I can't help but think of friends of mine scattered along the West Coast, who possibly (if  not likely) secretly congratulated themselves for their choice of retirement location back in 2004-5.   Now they're suffering drought and fires, and the shoe is on the other foot.   Again, not that I'd wish any catastrophe on anyone, but it's a sobering lesson when one is tempted to assume a posture of superiority in one's choice of locale.
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