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We had our friends over a few nights before Charley-which was projected to hit land about 15 miles from my house-to talk to them about evacuating. Our friends are mostly younger kids, 18-24 or so, and they still have that "I'm invincible and nothing bad will happen to me" kind of attitude. We sat them down and explained what really happend, and showed them pics online of prior hurricanes and their damage so they would take it seriously. Thankfully, the two subsequent hurricanes evoked a more sobered reaction in them. It isn't anything to fuck around with. There are forces out there much more powerful than anything we fathom in our day-to-day life, and people forget that.
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