https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 09:32:35 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hurricane-fatigue-and-childhood-nostalgia#post-2774278 Tue, 19 Sep 2017 22:36:53 +0000 Dahlia 2774278@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HintofMint: Stay safe! I have many students currently studying abroad in Puerto Rico and the DR and I'm worried sick about them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hurricane-fatigue-and-childhood-nostalgia#post-2774262 Tue, 19 Sep 2017 21:36:46 +0000 HintofMint 2774262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, but my home is safe and we made most necessary preparations before and after Irma. We still have power and hurricane winds won't arrive until morning, so I'm hoping to get a good night's sleep in the AC. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hurricane-fatigue-and-childhood-nostalgia#post-2774055 Tue, 19 Sep 2017 07:53:24 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2774055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HintofMint: Be safe. Are you located in PR? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hurricane-fatigue-and-childhood-nostalgia#post-2774029 Mon, 18 Sep 2017 22:56:32 +0000 HintofMint 2774029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, we're back to scared and stressed! Maria is expected to go straight through Puerto Rico as a category 5, something that the island hasn't experienced since 1928. We've prepared well for the type of hurricane we've come to know, but something that no on alive likely remembers? How would you even know?</p> <p>Thanks for sharing your experiences and good wishes. To those that are still recovering from recent events, hope things go back to normal soon enough. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hurricane-fatigue-and-childhood-nostalgia#post-2773982 Mon, 18 Sep 2017 18:41:15 +0000 MrsRoo 2773982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh my goodness. Yes. We were having this exact conversation after the power went out and we were getting rocked with tornado warnings and scary winds, hearing this hit the side of our house. I used to love listening to the storms as a kid. This time I spent the night with my daughters as they slept in the closet.<br /> Having to prepare, stock up, entertain and keep kids safe during a storm like that + clean up after is so rough. Daycare is still out of power, I hope we can avoid a direct hit this time. Definitely feeling for the people in the islands who were devastated by Irma, I feel so lucky to have been merely scared and minimally damaged. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hurricane-fatigue-and-childhood-nostalgia#post-2773979 Mon, 18 Sep 2017 18:35:23 +0000 travellingbee 2773979@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am here in Houston where we are still recovering from Harvey and while I didn't grow up in a hurricane prone area, I completely identify with the feeling of nostalgia for a time when life seemed safe and exciting rather than difficult and scary. I hope you all fare well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hurricane-fatigue-and-childhood-nostalgia#post-2773963 Mon, 18 Sep 2017 17:14:13 +0000 Mama Bird 2773963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, kind of how I feel about snow days up north! Used to be the best thing ever, now I have to worry about who's digging out at my parents' and if I should be telecommuting, or forget it and take the kids out to have fun (and stay up at night to make up the hours). And of course the knowledge that to someone out there, this "adventure" is a grave danger. </p> <p>Be safe, hopefully this one will stay away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hurricane-fatigue-and-childhood-nostalgia#post-2773920 Mon, 18 Sep 2017 15:36:36 +0000 juli7 2773920@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm fortunate not to have been in the path of Harvey or Irma, but I completely sympathize with you about the "good old days." I feel the same way every time we get a big snow storm. It was delight when I was a kid, and now I'm just stressed about the kids having snow days, the power going out, digging out, etc. Being a grown up is no fun sometimes. I hope Maria spares you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hurricane-fatigue-and-childhood-nostalgia#post-2773908 Mon, 18 Sep 2017 14:45:49 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2773908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi Yes. </p> <p>We were very much spared here in the panhandle but the thought of multiple storms heading our way is a bit unnerving. We have talked to so many people that have said, if it was just us, we wouldn't be so scared. But we have the kids. </p> <p>I really dont know how to handle. We are going to replenish supplies. We will be prepared with a check list specific to our house. And I will stay informed without trying to let it consume me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hurricane-fatigue-and-childhood-nostalgia#post-2773839 Mon, 18 Sep 2017 11:51:07 +0000 HintofMint 2773839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After terrifying us for 5 days, Irma made an unexpected turn north at the last moment and we were mostly spared. Some towns were hit very hard, most people lost power, a lot of branches were snapped and trees were uprooted, but the general feeling was that we dodged a bullet. People were safe and most crops were spared. In a little under 3 days we had power back at our house and full running water in 4 days. Some people weren't so lucky and spent over 10 days without electricity, so we would have friends over frequently to help them refrigerate food, charge cell phones, and take ice. We contributed to relief efforts and took care of the tree in the back (which survived) in case another hurricane struck. Nearly 2 weeks after Irma, things are finally almost back to normal.</p> <p>And now Maria's on its way.</p> <p>I'm not really scared or stressed this time. I'm just tired and annoyed. Sad when I think of what this could mean to people who are more vulnerable than I am and must have been so relieved after Irma. Frustrated when I think of what it means for the economy, for any improvements to infrastructure that may have been on the drawing board. But for the most part, I just want to get it over with. I wish I could tell Maria that tonight is good, there's no need to stall, so that we can deal with the aftermath as soon as possible.</p> <p>And just like with Irma, I find myself missing the hurricanes of my childhood. I'm not usually nostalgic for "the good old days". I don't complain about "adulting" (I actually enjoy it, for the most part). But good God, I wish I could just be excited about missing school, fascinated by all the work the adults were doing, glad that the tub was full and the plants were inside the house, giving me new settings to play in with my toys. I wish I were hearing stories of the hurricanes my grandparents lived through, and thinking "Wow, now *I'm* going to have a story tell!" I wish I only had a vague idea of how the effects of this extend beyond my immediate circle, and how really, amazingly fortunate it is that our lives and possessions are secure. Most of all, I wish I were fully confident that some other human has this under control. Knows what to do. Is going to make sure everything's fine.</p> <p>Anyone else dealing with this? </p>