Moving to another part of the country can pose logistical challenges, such as getting the timing right, so the truck filled with your life arrives at a time just after you do. The opposite would prove to be a nightmare. Moving to a different type of climate poses challenges, too.
When we moved to Texas, I knew I was trading long cold winters for long hot summers. I just didn’t know how hot. I’m learning it isn’t just the heat, it’s the humidity that takes your breath away. The sun feels so hot on your skin, sometimes I feel like a human French fry under the lights at a fast-food restaurant.
While power outages were the biggest inconvenience occurring after heavy snowfalls or major thunder and lightning storms, they didn’t come close to the devastation caused by a category 4 hurricane, called Harvey.
I pray my family and I never, ever, have to live through another storm, period. It’s a tall order living so near the Gulf of Mexico. What is so bizarre about our experience is that we don’t live in a flood zone. The freakish nature of the storm is that it hung over our area for several days. No matter where you live, if it rains hard enough and long enough, things are going to flood.
I shared my story with The Brazoria County Bulletin through my column: Transplanted in Texas.
You can read it here: http://www.mybulletinnewspaper.com/BULLETIN-WEB-060419.pdf
Believe it or not, some folks are still not back in their homes and it has been almost two years since the event. I’m already praying this hurricane season is a non-event for the Houston, Texas, region. The best thing you can do is be prepared and have a plan. Thanks for reading.
The Beth-Ann Alternative 