The kids were hoping for tropical storm warnings and school cancellations. We didn't get them, and they had to go.

This is much better than 2 years ago. For 6 straight weeks, we were under hurricane warnings every single weekend. It was weird - it was summer when this started (mid-August), and Fall when it ended (early Oct). In between, we stayed in the house and watched it rain, removed tree limbs, fixed holes in the pool screen, etc.