We are the only area of town; for as far as the eye can see – north, south, east or west that actually has power. Everyone else is pitch black, except for the occasional generator. Spooky. Kinda like being in the Twilight Zone.

And it sounds like the roof is coming off although I don’t think it really is. Noisy as all get out. Clack Clack
Clack Clack. WInds are going at about 70 miles per hour right now, still have power and phone, cable went though. There’s nothing but fuzz on the TV. Hurricane came on land a couple of streets over. Mom so far has lost power and her phone. Lights have been blinking on and off but no power loss yet – keeping fingers crossed.

Hurricane Season has begun. Oh joy.

I’ve informed the family. If they want any extra hurricane supplies – mainly food – they need to let me know when I do the regular shopping. I am not doing what I did last year: fighting hurricane crowds. Ain’t no way. We’ve decided to live on bread, peanut butter, and crackers if need be. The hell with canned food. Yech.

‘Nuff said.

Heard on the news that a poll done in orlando asked how many people are considering leaving florida because of the hurricanes; and the answer was like 31%.

Granted; we’ve been slammed; no doubt about it. *And* I heard that while no more canes should be coming off of the Cape Verde islands; the ones that do develop in the Caribbean have a tendency to hit Dade/Broward counties.

Wunderbar.

Ok; I can understand why people would consider wanting to leave; but. And that’s a big but too:
If you’re gonna live here, don’t live on the coast. Yeah; I know it’s beautiful, blah blah blah but you can see what can happen. It’s pure stupidity, as you can now see. Live inland. Drive to the beach!

Ever gotten a gander at California beaches? Now there’s some beauty! How many houses do you see? Precious little.

Don’t live in a mobile home. Enough said there. Live inland.

If you do what the authorities tell you; you’ll make it thru. Now if you live in a wooden structure; don’t count on it. There are some laws that need to be created in our state, and after the last 6 weeks I’m sure there will be, but apartment dwellers in Florida are screwed. And some places (condo or apartment) absolutely do not allow shutters/wood to be put up over windows.

Huh?

If I lived in a place like this; and some so called apartment authority figure told me I couldn’t, well I would anyway…..I mean like hello ……so throw me out.

I could go on but I won’t cause I’m tired and I’m damn tired of hurricanes.