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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My family all week:

Hurricane? We aren’t scared. Business as usual. Haha! Of course we aren’t leaving! HURRICANE PARTY!!! Trust us, we can handle a little hurricane. Dorian, we are laughing in your face! Are you scared when it snows? Well, we aren’t scared when there is a hurricane either. Crazy Yanks. No biggie.

Family today:

It’s coming straight for us! Pray! We love where You vacation but it’s not always a vacation! Turn, Dorian, TURN! Really worried about this hurricane. Pray for us.

Why the cockiness? Y’all know you’re scared. [/quote]

How is this hypocritical?[/quote]

That word doesn't mean what OP thinks it means.

As someone who now lives in a hurricane zone, I'd say it's more like "I'm not going to panic unless there is something to panic about."  My joke is that it's always good to be ground zero on the very first models of any hurricane, because that is never where it goes.  When it gets to be 3 days out, and its coming your way, you start to really pay attention and make sure your house is all buttoned up and supplies are stocked.

One thing people who haven't been through this seem to miss is that powerful hurricanes are very destructive, but generally only to a limited area immediately surrounding the eye.  We've been less than 100 miles from a large category 4 hurricane that completely flattened the area in the eye and we ever even got rain.  We had lots of friends calling to ask if we were leaving. The authorities don't want people to evacuate unless they are right in the target area and occupying the low ground, because if everyone leaves, those that really do need to get to higher ground can't get through the traffic.  These areas have zones designated, and the authorities announce which ones should be leaving.  If you're not in an evacuation zone, you're actually discouraged from leaving. This is why you may not get the response you're looking for when you call your relatives to say that they are crazy to be staying. So, the answer may be that they're not crazy, they just know more about what's going on than you do.  [/quote]

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