tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post2670056920113272146..comments2024-03-13T21:06:16.936-04:00Comments on Olive Tree Genealogy Blog: Frankenstorm: Great-Grandpa Would Not Have Known it was ComingOlive Tree Genealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-11462941099232315242012-10-31T08:36:25.852-04:002012-10-31T08:36:25.852-04:00Diana you are so right. I shake my head sometimes ...Diana you are so right. I shake my head sometimes at how many many people depend on the government or an outside organization to tell them what to do and to keep them safe in times of crisis. <br /><br />Hubs and I believe in being self-sufficient and taking care of yourself and your family and not depending on others. IT's great those organizations like the Red Cross are there to help those Olive Tree Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-22645881032099944222012-10-31T08:33:35.555-04:002012-10-31T08:33:35.555-04:00Marian - yes the behaviour of animals and birds, p...Marian - yes the behaviour of animals and birds, plus watching cloud formations and even leaves on trees is almost a lost art nowadays. <br /><br />I know a bit from my years of living on a sailboat every summer on Georgian Bay, and hubs knows a bit from living with his grandparents on their farm every summer. But there's so much we don't know about predicting the weather! Olive Tree Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-43779232727626714882012-10-31T08:32:05.378-04:002012-10-31T08:32:05.378-04:00Yvonne - thanks for sharing that link! I recall Hu...Yvonne - thanks for sharing that link! I recall Hurricane Hazel. I was a little girl but we were out that day at a Provincial park. No one knew it was coming! But boy did it hit hard. My mother was white-knuckled on the steering wheel of our car as she drove through teeming rain and wind gusts so strong the car was knocked back and forth on the road. Big trees dropped around us - very scary!Olive Tree Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-37484456674398230962012-10-31T08:30:11.791-04:002012-10-31T08:30:11.791-04:00Emily we are indeed fortunate and I think a lot of...Emily we are indeed fortunate and I think a lot of people forget that because I hear a lot of complaints if the "Weatherman/woman" preditions didn't happen. Seems people forget that storm fronts are dynamic and can change from original forecastsOlive Tree Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-15015616842325006332012-10-31T08:28:45.050-04:002012-10-31T08:28:45.050-04:00Kristin and Diana - I couldn't agree more! Hub...Kristin and Diana - I couldn't agree more! Hubs and I are big believers in being prepared and so we always have a 3 month supply of food/water on hand. <br /><br />Our families laugh at us but I think they're the foolish ones for not having at least 72 hours of provisions on hand. It doesn't take that much effort and it's always better to not be the one fighting crowds for the Olive Tree Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-54405345555228689612012-10-29T20:20:19.422-04:002012-10-29T20:20:19.422-04:00I agree with the grandmother here. sometimes a sto...I agree with the grandmother here. sometimes a storm would be so bad that it would blow everything away but people were normally more self sufficient. When we lived in the country we always had a store of food, our own well water, another source of water within walking distance, kerosene lamps, candles, etc. etc. Many people now have to lay in supplies for two days. Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-79600824339908622292012-10-29T20:02:11.963-04:002012-10-29T20:02:11.963-04:00I love how your posts get me thinking about my lif...I love how your posts get me thinking about my life or that or my family, Lorine. I've written about the 1953 Sarnia tornado that my Mom witnessed. <br /><br />http://yvonnesgenealogyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/10/1953-sarnia-tornado.htmlYvonne Demoskoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13337822921875324881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-56437197251125461992012-10-29T16:00:37.242-04:002012-10-29T16:00:37.242-04:00I often think about this topic. In Hurston's &...I often think about this topic. In Hurston's "Their eyes were watching God," they had to guess a hurricane was coming, by the behavior of the birds and animals. We overdo the preparation, but we're still kind of scared.<br /><br />I saved the historic hurricanes and the online historic newspapers website links. Thank you for sharing this!Mariann Reganhttp://mariannregan.authorsxpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-8779714344576379202012-10-29T15:23:34.744-04:002012-10-29T15:23:34.744-04:00Love this post. I'm a meteorologist, so I ful...Love this post. I'm a meteorologist, so I fully understand just how rare and powerful this storm is. And now that I am interested in ancestry and history, I think a lot about how our ancestors did cope with some of the terrible weather disasters of the past. We are fortunate to be able to live in a time with so much technology and knowledge about the atmosphere. It definitely saves lives.Emily Schroederhttp://kowalski-bellan.weebly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-34735836700993402382012-10-29T14:44:09.372-04:002012-10-29T14:44:09.372-04:00Our ancestors may not have had warning to evacuate...Our ancestors may not have had warning to evacuate, but they were ready. They had food stored. They had candles and lamps. They had their own water and sewer and heat. They were independent -- not just for 72 hours until the Red Cross could get to them.The Grandmother Herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10001005292502504358noreply@blogger.com