Frances (from last year I think) had some small effects around my town. Two of our pecan trees lost major branches and had to be cut with an chainsaw to be able to move them. The first branch to fall was about 10 feet away from my room. It fell during the night, I remember waking up to the sound but I was too tired to care at the time. The second branch fell mid-day the following day. That's about the worst I can remember, most of the times hurricans just send us the rain and cool breeze...

Edit:This has only been the second time we got out of school because of weather. Our school let out for around 3-4 days. Another school in a neighboring county got out for nearly 2 weeks.