Did anyone here grow up in hurricane territory?

As a child (under 10), did you recognize the danger/feel scared of hurricanes?

I was born and grew up with seasonal hurricane threat. I'm not sure when exactly I started being aware... by age five I was for sure. And here's the thing......

I got an immense kick out of hurricane season. I revelled in the marking of maps, the hoarding of supplies, the herding of cats, the boarding of windows........ (the stuff we panic over, and with good reason).

The adults' panic never infected me. Even when I was old enough to understand that these storms could do damage, had seen pictures of the devastation, all I felt was awe and excitement. And when, as usual, they veered away, I was disappointed.

Anybody else? How crazy is that, or not so much?


Just as a footnote.... I never had the same kind of sympathetic bone for tornadoes. Those terrified me from the first day I learned what one was.

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