You Know You Live On The Gulf Coast When...
 

You have FEMA's number on your speed dial.

You have more than 20 C and D batteries in your kitchen drawer.

Your pantry contains more than 10 cans of Spaghetti-Os.

You are thinking of repainting your house to match the plywood covering
your
windows.

You are delighted to pay only $3 for a gallon of unleaded.

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 own more than three large coolers.

You can wish that other people get hit by a hurricane and not feel the
least
bit guilty about it.

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.

You can recite from memory whole portions of your homeowners' insurance
policy.

At cocktail parties, women are attracted to the guy with the biggest
chainsaw.

You have had tuna fish more than 5 days in a row.

There is a roll of tar paper in your garage.
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.

Ice is a valid topic of conversation.
Relocating to South Dakota does not seem like such a crazy idea.

HAHAHA ok some of that sounds like me! The canned food and the batteries, definitely. As far as the plywood on the windows, I took mine down but the plywood is now sitting in the garage just in case.

funny and true.

Dude this is great, live near Tampa and this is right to the point.