I've lived through 3 hurricanes and many near misses. The flooding was the worst with two tropical storms - Claudette in 1979 and Allison in 2001. And they do get too excited when there is a storm developing. The weather guys have been talking about this storm for over a week. I like being able to track and plan, but as could be seen with Ike, planning only goes so far since it came ashore so much further north than forecast. And the reporters that have to be in the middle of the storm - there are a couple that I would love to see just blow right on away!!!
My thoughts and prayers are with those that might be impacted. I think we have dodged another bullet here.