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digitaldisciplinePerhaps it's my Buffalo childhood rearing its head, but I just don't get worked up by weather. Okay, yeah, I'd probably need a change of pants after a close call with a tornado, but all this hullabaloo over Hurrican Lili (which, at last check, was packing something like 120MPH winds [Edit: Okay, it's now at 135MPH, which is Category 4, and now has my attention. I have taunted Happy Fun Jew, and I will taunt Happy Fun Hurricane. I will ph33r |\|0 3v1l.], and was booking like hell to the NW). . . I don't give a shit. I'm more annoyed anticipating a loss of internet connectivity than worried about more wind and rain doing anything but making my car wet.
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Perhaps it's my Buffalo childhood rearing its head, but I just don't get worked up by weather. Okay, yeah, I'd probably need a change of pants after a close call with a tornado, but all this hullabaloo over Hurrican Lili (which, at last check, was packing something like 120MPH winds <i>[Edit: Okay, it's now at 135MPH, which is Category 4, and now has my attention. I have taunted Happy Fun Jew, and I will taunt Happy Fun Hurricane. I will ph33r |\|0 3v1l.]</i>, and was booking like hell to the NW). . . I don't give a shit. I'm more annoyed anticipating a loss of internet connectivity than worried about more wind and rain doing anything but making my car wet.<align=center>
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Maybe getting used to having to dig out after three days' heavy snowfall has made me jaded to the prospect of roughly 12-18 hours of rain. TS Isidore was, honestly, not worth writing home about, even as a "first storm" for this Yankee. Maybe I'll change my tune if I lose power for four days or have a trash can hurled through my living room window.
But from where I sit, I see a whole lot of people getting way more worked up and panicky than I honestly see a need for.
I'm not a worrier. I just deal.
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Maybe getting used to having to dig out after three days' heavy snowfall has made me jaded to the prospect of roughly 12-18 hours of rain. TS Isidore was, honestly, not worth writing home about, even as a "first storm" for this Yankee. Maybe I'll change my tune if I lose power for four days or have a trash can hurled through my living room window.
But from where I sit, I see a whole lot of people getting way more worked up and panicky than I honestly see a need for.
I'm not a worrier. I just deal.
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I'd offer to raise CGI awareness, but i figure there's enough hot air with Lili, and any references to "Snow" would be dismissed as "that fuckin' Yankee weirdo" talk by the locals.
Okay, this is fun, buuuut....
The Cat 5 that missed us by 150 miles off-coast still managed to break two windows in my house. Thank gawd I masking-taped the windows, or it'd been in my clothes and everything else.
She's at Cat 4, now. I would seriously get my sh*t in the closet and be prepared to ride it out there. Cover your windows, masking tape, and be prepared.
Oh, and one other thing. If all the phones in your house require a plug-in to work, get one that doesn't. Now. A cheapie $10 at walgreens should do nicely, because I've never been through a hurricane that I didn't lose power during, and you may need that phone, just in case.
Will keep the good "no hurricane" mojo coming your way. Cat4 is not playing around, and you are directly in the projected path...
2 cents from afar
I'm from Arizona, therefore I don't know diddly/squat about what scary weather is like, other than heat waves, which I'm used to. Therefore, I won't preach too much.
My friend Julian did a similar routine a good number of years ago with Hurricane Andrew. I spoke with him on the phone as it was coming in, just before the power and phone went out.
He's lucky to be alive, if you can call having your possessions strewn over 4 city blocks living. Same deal, wanted to ride it out. If you ask him now, he'll tell a very different story. Finding a boat in your front yard is not the way to start the day.
I'm all about risks, and few things in the world would give me as much thrill as having it out with Yonder Creator face to face, but not just yet.
Take the well-intentioned advice and get out of the way. Some things just ain't worth it.
Good luck.