Warren I don't know about that analogy.

We have been on numerous cruises and land based vacations visiting better than 25 islands from Bermuda to the Falklin Islands. The first time we made the mistake of going in Hurricane season was the last time we ever made that mistake. Had to deal with Hurricane Louis leaving and was chased back by Marilyn. From that point on it was only trips to the Caribbean from Thanksgiving through the End of May and the weather became a non issue.

It sucks to have a trip ruined by weather and if you can all but eliminate such a risk by timing the destination in the correct season one should try.

I don't think many in this group are shut-ins for fear of the sky falling but I know as I get older there is a bunch of things that I now take into consideration that I never used to