Everyday Canvas

Storms

Prompt: Storms. Tornado warnings. Power outages. Have you experienced these this summer? Write about this in your Blog entry today.

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No, not this summer...yet! Except for scorching hot weather that killed a few plants around the neighborhood, no matter how people have tried to water them. But, I'm not foreign to storms and tornados as I live in a hurricane zone, which can be much worse as the tornados within a hurricane are deadly and totally destructive. Then, each year this time, we are on edge, watching the tropics if a hurricane or a threat of it is forming.

I have been in enough hurricanes in the past but nothing too destructive to our house, except for the outside structures, soffits under and around the eaves, porches, and trees...so far. A couple of decades ago, a friend in Miami lost his entire house that was lifted off from its foundation by a tornado within a hurricane, and it was a brand-new house built according to the Miami-Dade code, which means the building had the strongest structure. Luckily, he and family were in his mother's house, braving out the weather and waiting for the hurricane to pass.

What worries me the most is we never know just where and when a hurricane will hit the hardest. During the later years, hurricanes have been targeting the entire state but their fury is usually on one or two towns. Each summer and especially the first two months of fall, my area becomes the bull's eye and each year we are on edge, watching the tropics like hawks in front of the TV weather reports. And now on high alert, I'm crossing my fingers for this year...