Again, Floridians please take great care and be safe.
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Liquor store, ammo shop, home depot, costco...that order.
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Here's another Hurricane forward I got this season (long but funny)
We're about to enter the peak of the hurricane season. Any day now, you're going to turn on the TV and see a weather person pointing to some radar blob out in the Atlantic Ocean and making two basic meteorological points.
(1) There is no need to panic.
(2) We could all be killed.
Yes, hurricane season is an exciting time to be in Florida. If you're new to the area, you're probably wondering what you need to do to prepare for the possibility that we'll get hit by "the big one." Based on our insurance industry experiences, we recommend that you follow this simple three-step hurricane preparedness plan:
STEP 1: Buy enough food and bottled water to last your family for at least three days.
STEP 2: Put these supplies into your car.
STEP 3: Drive to Nebraska and remain there until Halloween. Unfortunately, statistics show that most people will not follow this sensible plan. Most people will foolishly stay here in Florida.
We'll start with one of the most important hurricane preparedness items:
HOMEOWNERS' INSURANCE: If you own a home, you must have hurricane insurance. Fortunately, this insurance is cheap and easy to get, as long as your home meets two basic requirements:
(1) It is reasonably well-built, and
(2) It is located in Wisconsin
Unfortunately, if your home is located in Florida, or any other area that might actually be hit by a hurricane, most insurance companies would prefer not to sell you hurricane insurance, because then they might be required to pay YOU money, and that is certainly not why they got into the insurance business in the first place. So you'll have to scrounge around for an insurance company, which will charge you an annual premium roughly equal to the replacement value of your house. At any moment, this company can drop you like used dental floss.
SHUTTERS: Your house should have hurricane shutters on all the windows, all the doors, There are several types of shutters, with advantages and disadvantages:
Plywood shutters: The advantage is that, because you make them yourself, they're cheap.
Sheet-metal shutters: The advantage is that these work well, once you get them all up. The disadvantage is that once you get them all up, your hands will be useless bleeding stumps, and it will be December.
Roll-down shutters: The advantages are that they're very easy to use, and will definitely protect your house. The disadvantage is that you will have to sell your house to pay for them.
Hurricane-proof windows: These are the newest wrinkle in hurricane protection: They look like ordinary windows, but they can withstand hurricane winds! You can be sure of this, because the salesman says so. He lives in Nebraska.
Hurricane Proofing your property: As the hurricane approaches, check your yard for movable objects like barbecue grills, planters, patio furniture, visiting relatives, etc... You should, as a precaution, throw these items into your swimming pool (if you don't have a swimming pool, you should have one built immediately). Otherwise, the hurricane winds will turn these objects into deadly missiles.
EVACUATION ROUTE:
If you live in a low-lying area, you should have an evacuation route planned out. (To determine whether you live in a low-lying area, look at your driver's license; if it says "Florida," you live in a low-lying area). The purpose of having an evacuation route is to avoid being trapped in your home when a major storm hits. Instead, you will be trapped in a gigantic traffic jam several miles from your home, along with two hundred thousand other evacuees. So, as a bonus, you will not be lonely.
HURRICANE SUPPLIES:
If you don't evacuate, you will need a mess of supplies. Do not buy them now! Florida tradition requires that you wait until the last possible minute, then go to the supermarket and get into vicious fights with strangers over who gets the last can of SPAM. In addition to food and water, you will need the following supplies:
23 flashlights. At least $167 worth of batteries that turn out, when the power goes off, to be the wrong size for the flashlights.
Bleach. (No, I don't know what the bleach is for. NOBODY knows what the bleach is for, but it's traditional, so GET some!)
A big knife that you can strap to your leg. (This will be useless in a hurricane, but it looks cool.)
A large quantity of raw chicken, to placate the alligators. (Ask anybody who went through Andrew; after the hurricane, there WILL be irate alligators.)
$35,000 in cash or diamonds so that, after the hurricane passes, you can buy a generator from a man with no discernible teeth.
Of course these are just basic precautions. As the hurricane draws near, it is vitally important that you keep abreast of the situation by turning on your television and watching TV reporters in rain slickers stand right next to the ocean and tell you over and over how vitally important it is for everybody to stay away from the ocean.
Good luck, and remember: Its great living in Paradise.
Does anyone realize that this freaking thing is bigger then the state of florida? And its a 6 hour drive from Miami to the Florida Georgia boarder.....
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p.s. thank you for providing this extra time, so that I could take off work, and do my accounting homework, given that I have 4 friggin' chapters to study and homework on all them.
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That's a tough situation to live down there. Do you bail on your house and head North where it's safe or do you stay down by your house to be right there to access the damage and protect what's left from looters.
Michael! Again, we sit and wait and wonder......my mother has not stopped calling since 6am......hmnnnn......my mother, no electricity and my hubby for a couple of days.....Hopefully, I have done nothing wrong to deserve this!
I guess we have to wait a bit to see where we are holding the hurricane party!
Originally posted by sperbonzo PERSONALLY, I JUST LIKE THE WAY IT CIRCLES BACK TO EAT THE STATE AFTER THE FIRST PASS........ I THOUGHT THAT WAS A NICE TOUCH
*considers inserting dirty joke about a whole state being eaten, but just lets it go...*
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Hurricane Sale!!!!! At Azure Entertainment! We're about to be destroyed by the giant killer monster hurricane!!! We've got prices on custom content that will Blow you awaaaaaay!!!! (regards to crzy eddie!) Hit me before the hurricane and score your 99cent video clip !
Azure Entertainment is In Boca Raton Fl, about 550 yards to the shoreline, so the boss is saying to blow out the video before the hurricane blows us away. Get your content now!
Originally posted by Muffin Michael! Again, we sit and wait and wonder......my mother has not stopped calling since 6am......hmnnnn......my mother, no electricity and my hubby for a couple of days.....Hopefully, I have done nothing wrong to deserve this!
I guess we have to wait a bit to see where we are holding the hurricane party!
Actually, I'm staying at my place (or in the stairwell anyway), and my sister is staying at the hotel (since she is staff), with the cat and the cars. After the storm is over I want to be at my place....Although I live in a nice neighborhood, the very next street is NOT nice however, and I'm not letting looters get near my place or my neighbors places. I don't know if my sister is going to be able to get back down the street, with all the trees around...
Anyhow....I do have plenty of vodka and cigars....
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Originally posted by Slick That's a tough situation to live down there. Do you bail on your house and head North where it's safe or do you stay down by your house to be right there to access the damage and protect what's left from looters.
Just pack up all your pictures and get out. There is always insurance for everything else. Not worth staying.
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