Monday, August 22, 2016
Hurricane preparedness II
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For all of us there are rituals in life, and for those of us living southwest Florida it's tracking and paying attention to tropical storms and hurricanes. In Ohio when you say spaghetti, they think Ragu. We think models. After waking up at 2:00am to check the latest information from NOAA's Tropical Prediction Center, it's often time to take action. The first step is to brave the crowded grocery stores, and stock up on critical essentials. It's always a melee. People fighting over bags of potatoes chips, and ripping jugs of water away from the hapless elderly, who are often armed to the teeth.
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The important thing to remember is to get plenty of liquids, and nourishing nonperishable items capable of surviving the inevitable power failures that will occur. Don't forget to get plenty of ice. There is nothing worse than drinking your favorite adult beverage at south Florida's tepid room temperatures, but I personally know you can survive this.
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The boat's maintenance company came by a little later to finish the tie up. I think I will have to remove the line today in case the boat next door shows back up with a myopic captain, and two insurance claims ensue. I named the nearest starboard piling Stumpy, and here is a little video showing you what the problem was.
So fortunately, Issac for us ended up being one of the "rains with a name", like Debby, Gabriel, No Name, and the many others. The storm is now well offshore and we are just getting a mix of sunshine, and occasional rain with very little wind. Now I don't want anyone to think I am treating this subject too blithely. Behavior is driven by risk, and in this case it was low. When hurricane Charley came up the coast we, and the mutts were in as close as I could get to a underground nuclear fallout shelter.
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Hurricane,
II,
preparedness
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