My First Hurricane / myLot

Montego Bay, Jamaica

September 7, 2017 2:04pm CST

This is my first post as well having just joined on Monday of this week. It was September 12, 1988. I was young then and had my pre-conceived idea of what a hurricane was. It would rain a lot and people would stay home from work and school for a day, but come the next day things would be back to normal. Was I in for a rude awakening, I was not prepared for the devastation that was to follow Hurricane Gilbert. My heart goes out to those who have been affected by Irma and those who are now nervously awaiting 'her' arrival. Please keep safe and look out for your neighbors.

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Hope

@1hopefulman (45120)

• Canada

7 Sep 17

Welcome to MyLot! It seems to be a bad year for hurricanes. They just keep on coming. So much devastation!

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Hope

@1hopefulman (45120)

• Canada

7 Sep 17

@Destiny_17 I think so too! Our lifestyle, if continued, will make the weather more and more destructive. We reap what we sow!

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Marcia

@Destiny_17 (38)

• Montego Bay, Jamaica

7 Sep 17

@1hopefulman It is so sad that we (humans) are the ones destroying the environment.

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Marcia

@Destiny_17 (38)

• Montego Bay, Jamaica

7 Sep 17

Thank you. From all indications, it seems as if hurricanes will be more frequent and fiercer as the years progress.

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Go Crossbones

@crossbones27 (49401)

• Mojave, California

7 Sep 17

New person and wrote some real stuff. Nice to see and welcome to Mylot

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Marcia

@Destiny_17 (38)

• Montego Bay, Jamaica

7 Sep 17

Wow! Thank you @crossbones. You just made my day!

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Go Crossbones

@crossbones27 (49401)

• Mojave, California

7 Sep 17

@Destiny_17 You made my day buddy, keep it up.

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Marja

@buenavida (9984)

• Sweden

7 Sep 17

Welcome to MyLot..

We have seen so much news about hurricanes lately.. I hope people can get to safer places in time..

We have not many big storms in Sweden, but who knows?? We can pray for those, who experience things like that.

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Marcia

@Destiny_17 (38)

• Montego Bay, Jamaica

7 Sep 17

We are in the hurricane season, it ends November. What is happening however, is that they are developing rapidly and that is indeed cause for concern.

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deazil

@deazil (4730)

• United States

7 Sep 17

Welcome to mylot!

I hope you enjoy it here. @Maluse has good advice - Interaction is the key. I'm glad that Irma missed you. Hurricane Gilbert was a horrifying storm. I remember hearing about it while I was at work. I don't live in an area of hurricanes but I have friends that do, in Florida. They've evacuated. I hope they still have homes left when they return. I bet Gilbert gave you a new perspective on hurricanes.

Whew. That would be a rude awakening for sure.

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deazil

@deazil (4730)

• United States

7 Sep 17

@MALUSE You're welcome.

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M.-L.

@MALUSE (69373)

• Germany

7 Sep 17

Thanks for the mention!

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Marcia

@Destiny_17 (38)

• Montego Bay, Jamaica

7 Sep 17

Yes @deazil, Gilbert did give me a new perspective on what a hurricane is capable of doing. I don't take them lightly anymore. My brother is in Florida but he says the family is staying put.

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Oshy

@TiarasOceanView (70022)

• United States

7 Sep 17

Welcome friend. Yes hurricanes are life threatening. Hope you are safe.

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Marcia

@Destiny_17 (38)

• Montego Bay, Jamaica

7 Sep 17

Thank You! For now there is no threat of any of the ones formed coming my way. My heart goes out to those who have been affected but I do hope I wont have any to contend with this year.

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Oshy

@TiarasOceanView (70022)

• United States

7 Sep 17

@Destiny_17 I am so very disturbed and saddened to know all those people wiped out.

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M.-L.

@MALUSE (69373)

• Germany

7 Sep 17

Welcome to myLot. Enjoy the site! The first step for all newbies is to read the Guidelines to learn what is allowed or not on the site. Then you can write a post introducing yourself. Tell us a bit about yourself. Furthermore, read around as much as you can, Like and Comment on other members' posts. Only then will members come to your site and do the same. This is called interaction. Don't expect too much money-wise. If you reach $5 a month (the payout limit), you can call yourself lucky. --- I'm glad to hear that you were not affected by the hurricane!

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This is where you will find out what kinds of behavior are accepted and unaccepted on myLot. When in doubt, remember the Golden Rule!

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Marcia

@Destiny_17 (38)

• Montego Bay, Jamaica

7 Sep 17

Thank you! I have already read the guidelines and I started out by reading and commenting on posts since day one so it seems as if I am on the right path. I will write a post introducing myself the next time around. I really value and appreciate your advice.

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M.-L.

@MALUSE (69373)

• Germany

7 Sep 17

@Destiny_17 You're welcome.

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fearjp

@fearjp (458)

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7 Sep 17

I really do hope all the people in Florida especially my family who lives there will be OK. I hope it won't damage a lot but who knows. I think it is a mystery to what will happen to them. It's really hard to imagine seen people in general get hurt from hurricanes

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@Destiny_17 (38)

• Montego Bay, Jamaica

7 Sep 17

I really do hope they will be safe. My brother is there. I asked him if he plans to leave he said no as he believes it will be safe where he is.

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Jose Juan

@quantum2020 (12041)

• Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico

8 Sep 17

We only get the tails of hurricanes in my área, but the wáter that they bring is enough to cause too many problems, especially on the streets. In the past weeks, we had floodings in many áreas of the city

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