New Florida Residents — First real hurricane

[Anonymous]

Make sure you fill tubs with water, have lots of bottled water and canned food, and brace your self for flooding, and a week of more of no power (and no AC!!)

- Former Floridian

[Anonymous]

Hurricanes are important because they force people to think, to plan, and to deal with adversity and discomfort.

Lots of people will learn from these next few days, and overall that’s a good thing. Complacency/laziness is never a virtue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hurricanes are important because they force people to think, to plan, and to deal with adversity and discomfort.

Lots of people will learn from these next few days, and overall that’s a good thing. Complacency/laziness is never a virtue.

um ok. Is this your justification for moving to FL?

[Anonymous]

All those recent transplants thought the august humidity was the hard part… now they will see why Florida was cheap for so long.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All those recent transplants thought the august humidity was the hard part… now they will see why Florida was cheap for so long.

yea, every time I think about retiring to FL, hurricane season reminds me why it's not such a great idea.

[Anonymous]

I live in Florida now (in Tampa Bay). But I lived in CT for a long time and we had hurricanes too (Gloria, Irene, Sandy...) plus Nor'easters, blizzards and that crazy Oct snowstorm in 2011 that did so much power line damage.

I chose to NOT live on the water or in an evacuation zone. I'm prepared for tomorrow. It's been awhile since it was like this (2017 in this area).

[Anonymous]

If only there was some way to have advance warning of a hurricane approaching, so people could leave days ahead of it.

/S

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: I live in Florida now (in Tampa Bay). But I lived in CT for a long time and we had hurricanes too (Gloria, Irene, Sandy...) plus Nor'easters, blizzards and that crazy Oct snowstorm in 2011 that did so much power line damage.

I chose to NOT live on the water or in an evacuation zone. I'm prepared for tomorrow. It's been awhile since it was like this (2017 in this area).

Yeah but losing power in CT not the same as FL sept week with out AC Or water!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All those recent transplants thought the august humidity was the hard part… now they will see why Florida was cheap for so long.

F off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: I live in Florida now (in Tampa Bay). But I lived in CT for a long time and we had hurricanes too (Gloria, Irene, Sandy...) plus Nor'easters, blizzards and that crazy Oct snowstorm in 2011 that did so much power line damage.

I chose to NOT live on the water or in an evacuation zone. I'm prepared for tomorrow. It's been awhile since it was like this (2017 in this area).

Yeah but losing power in CT not the same as FL sept week with out AC Or water!

I lost power for 7 days in the Oct snowstorm. Know what I didn't have? Heat or hot water. And people on wells didn't have water. It's not different from losing power here. Anyhow, I got really lucky as the storm turned away from Tampa Bay. I feel awful for folks south of here though!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All those recent transplants thought the august humidity was the hard part… now they will see why Florida was cheap for so long.

F off.

This is 100 percent true (from a native Floridian)