Having just gotten back from New Hampshire a few weeks ago, I seem to have narrowly escaped the vicious clutches of Miss Irene the Hurricane, the much anticipated terror of the East Coast. Somewhat guiltily – hurricanes can be so destructive after all - I found myself slightly thrilled at the prospects of a nice big storm. And I was definitely not the only one! People can become more than a little obsessed in the anticipation and planning process, checking news and progress on all kinds of websites, above and beyond the necessary precautions (- no need for names, you know who you are!) Hurricane Charley, 2004 Luckily, my airplane safely left the ground at Logan Airport , before the hurricane came too close. But a few years back, I happened to cross paths with another ‘lovely’ little hurricane called Charley, while visiting the coast of Florida . It was considered to be kind of a bad one back in 2004, but Katrina has since put all the others out of the spotlight for a while. A lit