I have had 3 snow days, 1 flood day, 1 rain day, and now 2 hurricane days off of school. This means I have averaged just under 2 extreme weather days per year and this year has just started.
When I moved to Louisiana, I was aware that I was moving to an area affected by hurricanes. This was a new experience for me coming from an area that seemed to have limited natural disaster threat (not from earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, or even severe thunder storms). The year before I came, this area experienced loss of power and a week off of school because of Hurricane Gustav. I knew that another such occurrence would be quite possible even in my first year for teaching. It never happened.
Although we had two days off of school for Hurricane Isaac, we were barely affected. The hurricane changed directions from heading northwest to heading more directly north after hitting land, which meant it virtually missed us. This was a huge blessing for us. (I still find it hard to comprehend God's sovereignty in this kind of situation - why were we spared while others ended up suffering more?) Although we had a number of momentary power outages, we never lost power for an extended period of time. We had some wind and some rain, but we have had worse effects from regular storms. By the time Isaac reached our greater area, it had been downgraded to a tropical storm. So, my record of no hurricanes since moving to Louisiana still stands.
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