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"Tim K." wrote:

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In article ,
"Tim K." wrote:

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A hurricane in not a catastrophy, it is a perfectly
natural and recuring process.

Way to split hairs over semantics - and still be wrong.

I think you are suffering from a thingie called cognitive
dissonance. Hurricanes are a fact of living anywhere close
to a coast. It is like living in a snow belt. There is
nothing you can do about preventing 2-foot dumps onto
your driveway. There is a lot you can do to plan for the
days you will be house-bound w.r.t. food, water, and
removing enough snow _after_ the storm stops so you can
get out and go to work.

Look up the definition of c a t a s t r o p h e and get back to me.

Sigh! Catastrophe from the American Heritage Pocket Dictionary, 1980.

A great and sudden calamity. This was not sudden. It was not
unpredicted. There was time to stock up even if one hadn't normally
stocked up for an interruption of power and delivery of goods
and services.

Which part of the word "sudden" do you not understand?

Do you have a larder? How long will you survive before you
need to go get new stuff?

/BAH