"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" wrote

I flew the night Hurricane Hugo showed up *towards* the storm (for my job)
and
tied the aircraft to the best of my ability out on the flightline. Gust
locks,
etc... everything I could do to make it secure.

Sometimes it's just a matter of luck. And frankly, nobody expected Hugo
to
amount to much more than a windy night since we were a good 150 NM from
the
coast.

How true, but Hugo was a rather large exception, and no one expected it to
do anything close to what it did.

Who would have thought that I would see an eye wall in Western NC?

If you got your plane wrecked 6+ hours drive from the coast, all I can say
is, pay up, insurance! g
--
Jim in NC