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Anyone not in Florida thinks we're going through some Katrina type situation during this piddly ass storm. Sure, we have tornadoes to be concerned about - but that's the most of it. The power going out sometime in the middle of the night will certainly make things uncomfy. We, personally, might have porch flooding. Matt went to the gym and picked up Tijuana Flats for dinner. Just like we would any other non-tropical depression/storm night.
So, why does it feel like a "snow day"??
Oh, because they closed our office building and schools.
Its always good to be prepared - ABSOLUTELY!!, but if you watch the cable news shows - you'd think we were about to die. Everything's in red and bold face and it all looks so urgent. Even on the local news, is no other news - just storm coverage.
I'm sure we'll be receiving food rations and jugs of water pretty soon.
For Floridians, the level of seriousness we apply to a potential hurricane and being prepared for it (based on category level) can be measured by what we do with our community pool furniture.
If the pool deck furniture is merely stacked in short towers.....the storm isn't going to be that bad and we can take things casually.
If the pool deck furniture has been thrown and sunk in the deep end of the pool....get your goggles & fins on, jump in, and pretend you're in a reef. When the wind starts to kick up and the clouds roll in, get your Jacques Custeau lovin' ass inside, get your flashlights and radios and time killin' essentials together and get comfy for the ride. Try really hard to ignore the wind thrashing your roof top and the creaking of the buiding studs and the rain slashing all windows from all directions. Wear the least amount of clothes possible when you finally have to open up the house because its gotten so stuffy inside without the a/c since the power's been out for the past 6hrs and the air is so humid, your book pages curl up. Make sure you have enough beer and rum. Maybe just rum. Rum and munchies are important. Toilet paper is too.
I went to Lowe's this afternoon and there was hardly anyone in there - but a TON of water, batteries, flashlights, generators, radios, plywood, charcoal, etc. Mountains of it.
If this was a real storm - there would be no place to find that stuff.
So I bought my new bathroom paint color and tile sealant and went home to "hunker down" for the night.
The paint color has really turned out nice.