By forming farther west, they don't have quite the potential for strength as if they came all the way across ... It hasn't had enough time to build up.

In terms of the catastrophic situation that could have occurred, it wasn't the worst-case scenario,

It will be just as hot at the beach as the inland areas, so there won't be any relief.

It's probably going to stand for quite a while because of the magnitude of it there.

It will go to the Swahili alphabet or something else,

They tend to form over the Bahamas or in the Caribbean and they can be here in 24 or 48 hours because they're so close to us. They're typical of early season storms, June, or October, in the late season,

The bottom line: If you've got an area that has a hurricane warning, you should prepare regardless.

Rain will be as heavy, if not heavier. You don't want to be walking around out there with possible downed power lines and debris. It's not over until it's over.

Even though we've been lucky here so far, it's still been a huge hassle in terms of workload and I didn't plan on having to deal with all of that before my retirement, ... But, I'm still alive and I've got all my cruises lined up for the next five years.

We sometimes get used to tracking the Cape Verde storms that come all the way across the Atlantic. But some storms seem to come up out of nowhere.