Walking around the town centre today, nearly being blown off my feet it was good to see that pretty well everyone I saw was clearly enjoying it. Broad grins on people's faces and cheerful exchanges between strangers.

People love a crisis they can manage to deal with. At least they do where I live. I find that very encouraging.
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Yes, I got that wrong about names - I'd read this thread as being about a hurricane rather than a storm. So it appears that the Americans can actually look forward to a Hurricane Donald...