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When was the last time you were verklempt?

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Posted - October 1, 2022

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  • 2627
    It happens to me so rarely that I can't recall the last time.
      October 2, 2022 1:35 PM MDT
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  • 7775
    Way back in 2013. I won't get into any specifics.
      October 2, 2022 2:01 PM MDT
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  • 17364
    Last week.   We were told Ian was coming straight to us for landfall, bringing a 10-18 ft storm surge.   I would have stayed home but for the surge forecast.   I drove 90 minutes inland  to escape it.  Still Ian passed right over me.  It was very very frightening...so intense.  It was night and black dark, the power had gone out (of course).  The hotel had no provisions for the outage.  I made a place to wait it out in the bathroom of my top (second) floor hotel room.  Well the roofing flew off of my room and the ceiling was cracking.  I kept thinking to just not panic.  Sure.  OK.  I went back into the bedroom and closed the bathroom door. The wind kept on for what seemed a long time and then lessened.  I actually then went to sleep.  When I woke dawn had broken, the wind was still there but not hurricane force. I opened my door and couldn't believe it.  Sheets of roofing all over and metal strips from the building hanging from the balconies.    I knew I could not stay there for another night in the dark with no way to light a room. I did turn on my lap top and dimmed it.     So I called someone who would have a very good idea about the roads and decided to drive back to see if my house was even there.  I could get no one on the phone.  It was a hard drive and I drove through deep water (I was in a family member's  F150.)  He and his wife were on a cruise.  I made it home to a slightly blemished house with a dry interior.  The death and destruction around me is unbelievable.  Blessed I am!  And still a little shaky. This post was edited by Thriftymaid at November 4, 2022 7:20 AM MDT
      October 2, 2022 4:41 PM MDT
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  • 32529
    Sorry for your rough night. But glad you made it through. 
      October 2, 2022 4:49 PM MDT
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  • 17364
    Thank you.  One for the books for sure. 
      October 2, 2022 4:53 PM MDT
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  • 44175
    We are glad you are well.
      October 2, 2022 5:03 PM MDT
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  • 17364
    Thank you, friend.
      October 2, 2022 5:17 PM MDT
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  • 9778
    It scares me just reading what you went through. So glad you are OK.
      October 2, 2022 5:34 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    Scary to me, too.
      October 2, 2022 5:36 PM MDT
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  • 17364
    Thanks.  Seeing the kind of energy and force of a hurricane just makes us know how small and weak we are.   And fragile.
      October 3, 2022 7:46 PM MDT
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  • 9778
    Nature can humble us, for sure, with not only its power, but also its unpredictability. My brother in Tampa Bay expected the worst, but was not affected, but it is sobering to see what might happened there and did happen elsewhere. 
      October 4, 2022 8:35 AM MDT
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  • 22853
    I was thinking about you and wishing the best. I remember somewhere else on the site you had posted you were concerned about Ian's arrival.
    Glad to see you here sharing.
      October 2, 2022 5:36 PM MDT
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  • 17364
    Thanks for that.
      October 3, 2022 7:41 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    For sure, my friend. For sure.
      October 3, 2022 7:46 PM MDT
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  • 10037
    That does not sound like a pleasant adventure at all! Glad you and your home are okay! 
      October 2, 2022 9:26 PM MDT
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  • 17364
    Thank you so much.  A hurricane experience is very humbling. 
      October 3, 2022 7:40 PM MDT
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  • 9778
    Not since I retired in 2015.
      October 2, 2022 5:35 PM MDT
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  • 22853

    Maybe when I remember laughing at 'her.'
    :)


    That's all I ever think of when I hear that word. :)

    This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at November 4, 2022 7:21 AM MDT
      October 2, 2022 5:38 PM MDT
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  • 10037
    Same!


      October 2, 2022 9:24 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    :)
    :)
      October 3, 2022 7:46 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    Hey -- and watch that video if you haven't seen it -- that's Madonna and Roseanne Barr there, too --- I picked the video by chance - - but Barbra Streisand surprises them at the end of the skit by appearing -- I read that she was in her car by chance and heard the skit on the show and had her driver take her to the studio and she walks in!! Ha!!
      October 3, 2022 8:10 PM MDT
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  • 10037
    I love that installment! I didn't know that about Barbra being a surprise, that's awesome!
      November 4, 2022 7:57 PM MDT
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  • 32529
    Feb 2021
      October 2, 2022 7:14 PM MDT
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  • 16199
    When my mother passed several years ago. I'm rarely so overcome that I'm unable to speak. I've been stonkered and discombombulated more times than I can remember, but I'm rarely verklempt.
      October 3, 2022 12:51 AM MDT
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