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Thanks to all you Charleston reporters and relayers, gives me some peace of mind about Aileen, a wonderful person, and "last woman/Mom standing" from my postwar childhood neighborhood, Birch Street in Marblehead. I really like her and she has invited us to stay with her during hurricanes past...

Any one here near Charleston, SC? Got an elderly friend from my childhood up East in Marblehead , now 95, and living in Charleston, riding it out alone, no elec but landline still works so I've called her, she sounds okay. If anyone's in that area, and could comment on how bad it was or wasn't...

That's a lot to have come through, Darth, my upbringing was much less complicated and stressful. Hope it's mostly in your rearview mirror now and not your windshield. Maybe diving is good therapy, for both of us Bay Staters.

Geezum. Were we separated at birth?? Born in Salem, raised in Marblehead, college in Boston (BU, sailing team in "Love that Dirty Water". Back Bay, Cambridge, Acton, then transferred south.

Gross generalizaion: up North it's what you know. Down South (and especially Louisiana), it's who you know. And we have Charlie Golf as another shared history--Long ago, I was a Coast Guard Jag-type after finishing law school, Direct Commission, stationed in Boston. Then a chance to extend...

We've covered some of the same ground. Though I arrived in New Orleans a decade later, Camille is still talked about in hushed tones, especially on "the coast", for those old enough to remember. And Katrina. We bailed out at the last minute, to Baton Rouge. Came back weeks later to house that...

Landfall, Fort Myers/Charlotte Harbor, really strong Cat 4. Hope everyone can stay safe.

It's getting bad in Louisiana (what else is new), two failed companies after Hurricane Ida: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/louisiana-homeowners-insurance-crisis-hurricanes-rcna46746 We don't dare say it too loudly, but this season has been kind to us in the Bayou State so far. Once we...