Really nice reflection on last year’s “drama” in the skies. Whew!

We “evacuated” over to the Cleveland area and that was bad enough a drive. I shudder to think what it would have been like going as far as you did. My brother left out of Beaumont at the very last minute (he was bringing down a plant) and barely made it up to Tyler. He said it was one of the most miserable times of his life. For him, that’s saying a lot.

To be honest, I think sitting in the aftermath of it all was hairier for us than going through the rain and winds and storm itself. It was bad, yes. But I really have to agree with your difficulty pondering future evacuations. I guess it depends on the force and the track. I’ll treat each one as it’s own animal, but my willingness to sit through what we watched has made me (better or worse) more reluctant. I can justify digging out of a wind-damaged home easier than drowning under a tidal surge–that’s probably going to be my deciding factor.

It still is a whirlwind of memories for me. My Agency and team was in the middle of doing emergency response to the evacuated from Louisiana when we ended up evacuating ourselves. Then when we got back, it was back to work where we left off. I still haven’t really had time to process my own personal feelings about the matter…I was too busy responding to others…

Though to confess…I’ve caught my heart “fluttering” when I hear the local TV weather guys and gals say the word “hurricane” more times than I would like to admit. Post tramatic stress?

–oh yeah. I just got my invite from Google Analytics finally (almost a year later). I loaded it up this morning before heading out the door. The amount of data is really overwhelming and sharp. I’d been using Performancing before to track things and was recording a hit or two each day. Wowzers. Google Analytics seems much more accurate and targeted. This ought to be pretty fun! You were right–there really isn’t much comparison between the two.

I’m hoping for clear skies as well.

–Claus