Houses near the beach are vulnerable to storms and Hurricanes. I had the opportunity to travel from Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana along the scenic routes. It is indeed beautiful to live along these area. But, when the calm seas turns ugly because of Hurricanes, the devastations are beyond imagination.
Here is a video that shows the devastation of Biloxi, Mississippi from Hurricane Katrina. This is where I work for almost two years and it is sad to note that at present, you can still see the remnants of the storm. My friends would tell me, they stayed and survive. The hard part was after the storm when they have no food, dead lay on the streets and the rescue took a long time to reach their area.
For those who don't listen to the warnings of the authority, you will pay the price of getting killed. When you have Hurricane Warnings in your area, GO! Do not under estimate the power of Nature. God bless everyone!
Hurricane Irene is a category 3 and it will have a landfall at North Carolina. It will hit New Jersey and New York too. Let us just hope that these places will not hit so badly. 
Let us pray for the safety of the people living in the Coastal Area. 
We are hoping that the residents on the low lying area take the warning seriously. As we saw on TV, they are currently evacuating to high lands but, as usual there are those who stay behind and hoping for the best. Tomorrow when we wake up, hoping that this Hurricane will not do so much damage on the property especially lives.