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  • Cyndalie
    Confirmed User
    • Jan 2002
    • 3615

    #1

    You might be a Floridian if...

    * You have more than 20 C and D batteries in your kitchen drawer.
    * You flinch when you are introduced to a person named Andrew, Frances, Ivan,Katrina, Rita or Wilma.
    * You find yourself dropping words like "Millibar" and "Convection" into everyday conversation.
    * Your pantry contains more than 10 cans of Spaghetti Os.
    * Making coffee on your propane grill or over a sterno can does not seem like an odd thing to do.
    * You are thinking of repainting your house to match the plywood covering your windows.
    * When describing your house to a prospective buyer, you say it has three bedrooms, two baths and one safe place.
    * You are on a first-name basis with the cashier at Home Depot.
    * The road leading to your house has been declared a No-Wake Zone.
    * You decide that your patio furniture looks better on the bottom of the pool.
    * You have the number for FEMA on your speed dialer.
    * You own more than three large coolers.
    * You resist donating to hurricane relief and start your own fund.
    * Three months ago you couldn't hang a shower curtain; today you can assemble a portable generator by candlelight.
    * You catch a 5-pound catfish- In your driveway. (We found a fish head in ours)
    * You can recite from memory whole portions of your homeowner's insurance policy.
    * You have had tuna fish more than 5 days in a row.
    * You can rattle off the names of three or more meteorologists who work at The Weather Channel.
    * Someone comes to your door to tell you they found your roof.
    * Relocating to Canada does not seem like such a crazy idea.



    Wilma Pics
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    I'd say 1 in 15 cars is damaged down here, easy. Mine included

    1 friend broke his neck - opened his door an a tree fell in. Neighbors sliding glass doors blew in and cut up her face. One family got hurt when they tried to check the gas level on their generator by candlelight.

    90% of traffic signals are GONE - Worst ever storm in my 30 years down here.
    Cyndalie
    Marketing Director
    StoriesTraffic.com
  • MacDaddyPlaya
    Confirmed User
    • Nov 2004
    • 1785

    #2
    Definitely a bad deal for us here in Broward County. The fucking traffic light situation is killing me. My usual 20 min. commute to my office now takes an hour.

    At least I have power, cable, and Internet at home.
    Sigless

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    • WiredGuy
      Pounding Googlebot
      • Aug 2002
      • 34512

      #3
      Wow, I hope you and everyone else in Florida are alright. At least you've still got your health and family, almost everything else can be replaced.
      WG
      I play with Google.

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      • Screaming
        I can change this!!!!!
        • Feb 2004
        • 18972

        #4
        Funny stuff there lol.

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        • Cyndalie
          Confirmed User
          • Jan 2002
          • 3615

          #5
          Thanks WG, I hear ya MacDaddy - working at home is safer at this point. Hell my 1 mile commute takes 20 minutes. Better off walking. All in all we were pretty well prepared, but man the width of damage goes from Palm beach to the Keys. Like andrew on a larger scale and scarry as hell!!!!!
          Cyndalie
          Marketing Director
          StoriesTraffic.com

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          • tristan_D
            Confirmed User
            • Jul 2005
            • 7865

            #6
            I agree with most of those mentioned. I can't stop laughing
            Increase your sales. Up to $4 per click.

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            • reynold
              Too lazy to set a custom title
              • Oct 2002
              • 51271

              #7
              You own more than three large coolers. Hahahahahaha!

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              • Doctor Dre
                Too lazy to set a custom title
                • Jan 2001
                • 51692

                #8
                At least you're still alive ... good luck with the re-building and fixing things up ... hopefully you won't have problems with your insurance compagny
                Originally posted by rayadp05
                I rebooted, deleted temp files, history, cookies and everything...still cannot view the news clip. All I see is that fucking gay ass music video from "Rick Roll". Anyone else have a different link to the news clip?

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                • volante
                  Confirmed User
                  • Mar 2002
                  • 2940

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Cyndalie
                  One family got hurt when they tried to check the gas level on their generator by candlelight.

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                  • Monique Niccole
                    Confirmed User
                    • Nov 2002
                    • 5653

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Cyndalie
                    * Your pantry contains more than 10 cans of Spaghetti Os.
                    Hell, I still eat beef-a-roni that I bought for the storms. Cute list

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                    • seeric
                      ..........
                      • Aug 2004
                      • 41917

                      #11
                      i am learning the hard way.

                      i gave up earthquakes for this?

                      doesn't seem fair.

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