Hurricane Matthew

Hurricanes. A fact of life for Floridians. The way we behave toward them depends on which part of the state you are talking about. 

​I live on the east coast. In Palm Beach county. And we have been blessed geographically with the Bahamas off our coast. They typically act as a barrier, protecting our county from the direct path of a monster storm*. 

In fact, it has been nearly 11 years since the last direct hit to my town. I will forever remember that late October day... My husband proposed the night before he was deployed for hurricane relief. Good times. 

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