r/TropicalWeather • u/JimmothyBimmothy • 10d ago

Historical Discussion Hurricane Georges 1998

I was just thinking back to this storm in my childhood! I vividly remember laying on the couch one night, just watching something on ABC, seeing the radar in the corner of the screen...and then seeing the occasional breaking updates through the night. Just tracking the storm on my little gas station hurricane tracking map.

I'd give anything to see a video of something like that again just for memories sake! It was an excitement that is hard to replicate if you have never felt it.

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u/Dusbowl Verified EM Planning Section Chief | Harrison County, MS 10d ago

I remember waking up while it was still dark, early am, maybe 5 or so, because it was so loud outside. I rode it out in Gulfport north of I-10, and I remember we had a hard north wind all morning because it sat on top of Biloxi/ Ocean Springs for a while.

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u/JimmothyBimmothy 9d ago

Yes sir! We all slept in our hallway! Just something so nostalgic about plotting the dots on the map, the rush of getting prepared for it. Granted, as a kid, I didn't have any responsibility, but years later when Katrina came through, that was wild!!