I went to Negril two times, late summer. Both times I got hit, first Gilbert then the next year Hugo.
Lots of weird stories of hurricane phenomenon.

I try not to go plan a vacation in the Caribbean during hurricane season. In fact, I don't like to leave at all during hurricane season, but if I'm going to go up north, it's going to be over the summer because there is no way I'm going where it snows ever again.

Well, maybe with the exception of Iceland or northern Norway, because I've always wanted to see the Northern Lights up close with a full sky of Northern Lights. I saw them barely once when I was in Alaska, they were kind of hazy and distant and not at all spectacular, so that's definitely on my bucket list.

Since I was a kid, I've had crazy dreams about waking up around three or four in the morning, and the sun is still shining brightly.
But I've never been to Alaska. It was crazy one time with friends in Washington. I kept complaining with our late start we were going to miss the 4th's fireworks. So, they humored me, we went to the park and the show started an hour later, at 10:30PM!

I second (or third) that we all hope that the people of Jamaica are safe and in one piece. I have never been there, but I know a few who live and work there. Also, I have never been through a hurricane (a tornado or two), and glad that I haven't.

I will take a hurricane over pretty much any other natural disaster. I've never been through an earthquake, but that must be terrifying, having the ground beneath you shaking and buildings falling down. I would never live near a volcano, although I've been to Santorini, Greece, which is one of the largest volcanic calderas on the planet. Wouldn't have wanted to be there when that thing went up. Tornadoes are pretty terrifying, and we can get small tornadoes here in Southwest Florida. Sometimes hurricanes or powerful storms spin them up, but they're very rare. I would never live in Tornado Alley; that's terrifying. Hurricanes aren't that bad. We can see them coming a few days away, and most modern houses in Florida are built to withstand even a category five. And since we're nowhere near the coast, we don't have to worry about storm surge. Cape Coral is surrounded by canals, which you'd think would make us more prone to flooding, but it actually helps the water that does fall in the form of rain to run off faster. I've been through Hurricane Irma and Ian down here that were direct hits on this area, and at least as far as I'm speaking, I was perfectly safe for both of them. There are definitely safer places to live. For example, where I grew up and lived most of my life in Buffalo, New York, is pretty safe, but I'll take the risk of our hurricanes over 9 months of gloomy winter lol.

Thomas yeah, I went through something similar one year when I was up in Maine. The fireworks show didn't start until almost 10:00 pm.

Oh, the wildfires and earthquakes of California. I don't miss those here in Colombia.
I've grown accustomed to having the sun rise and set within a 30-minute window all year long. A rainy and dry season without snow. One air conditioner for guests and no heater or clothes dryer needed. About four fireworks shows every year in my small town.

Oh, and did I mention a free guest house for anyone that needs to build a robust Access application using the ADS? Spirit flies into a town an hour away. Easy for those remote workers.

That'll be another 2 cents for the plug. ;)

I like the less extreme difference of daylight here in SW Florida than I had in Buffalo NY. Up there the winters are long, cold, and dark. We still have to deal with that stupid Daylight Saving Time bullshit that's coming up this weekend. Time to get my video ready... again...

I've been waiting for the video. UK time change this past weekend.

Yeah, we're this Sunday. Dumb. My state has already voted to get rid of it YEARS ago. Waiting on the do-nothings in Congress.

Richard I think each state can set its own rule on using DST, or not. Is it your state congress that's impeding?

Donald I am totally stealing that from my update video that I post on Sunday about Daylight Saving Time.

Thomas the problem is that the state of Florida actually put a referendum to it a couple of years ago, and it passed. The people of Florida have clearly stated that we want year-round daylight saving time. The problem is Congress has to approve it because it affects interstate commerce, which is dumb.

As I've said in my videos time and time again, I can understand having daylight saving time up north, where you get very few hours of sunlight and you want to maximize when that happens. But in Florida here, we don't have that big of a problem. The closer you get to the equator, as you know, the closer days get to twelve hours. Now, the reason why states like Arizona and Hawaii don't have daylight saving time is because they opted to stay on standard time, which doesn't require congressional approval. But to enact year-round daylight saving time, if you want that extra hour of daylight in the summer, that has to get congressional approval. It's stupid, it's completely dumb, which is why I rail against it every year. Well, that plus changing the clocks itself is stupid. I've got multiple videos you can watch to see my frustration with it and why it's a bad idea. And I'll be re-posting an updated version this Sunday.

Lol go ahead, it came across FB  and i hought of your semi annual video :)

For the argument that it is dark too late into the morning, it is the same amount of daylight, either way.  If your work or school is daylight-dependent, change your start time and leave the rest of us out of your drama.  For what it is worth, it is dark when I go to work, everyday, all year.  

I vote for GMT for the country.  Everyone can adjust their hours accordingly just once and be done forever.  The only downside is everyone will have to rework their sundials.

I love that. I would go with standard GMT for the entire world. Everyone's on the same clock, you just have to know what time your day starts, what time your local sun up and sun down is.

My work day begins 0930 until 0130. Short play pause between 1300 and 1530, unless it's race day then I'm out 1700 until 2230.
What?!!! GMT my friend.
Now you're ready for the world of a pilot.

The science says staying on Standard Time is best. Your body (including brain) do better with sunlight in the morning. Lots of data out there about how switching is the worst, then DST. I’m not holding out for the US to make a decision based on actual science…

Science? What's that? You mean that nerdy stuff for guys in lab coats? We don't listen to that. Unless it helps us blow stuff up better.