Week 28: Hurricane Party!

 

Week 28

September 25th - October 1st: Hurricane Party

Have you ever dealt with a hurricane? 

Do you ever wish there was background music to let you know when there’s a warning? LOL

I hear in places like New Orleans, they have hurricane parties. I always thought it would be cool to have the same here in Florida.

The problem is no one is a native around here. They keep moving in, and freaking out! They hog up all the shelves and the gas stations.

When I was a kid, I lived in Long Island in NY. We had Gloria hit our way. It wasn't much. I think we surged and that was about it. We were expecting Andrew, but a year later we had a storm that hit us, and Long Beach was completely immersed in water. It was a good thing we no longer lived in the basement and lived on the second floor!

I moved to Florida in late August of 1994. We had a hurricane threat in 98, but then nothing more until 2004 when we were hit with Charley. Now, we didn't get hurt. We lost 2 shingles from the roof. We were without power for two weeks.

We had Ivan and Frances hit a year later. No damage.

Irma was pretty bad in 2017. We thought for sure we were gonners with the way the water was rising. But we went to bed and woke up, and the water was completely gone!

This storm looks like it might hit like Charley did. No one really knows. Charley was supposed to hit up the Port of Tampa the last time. Instead, it hit Charlotte Harbor.

In times like these, it would be nice to hear some Scooby-Doo music or Super Mario Bros. music playing in the background. Then you would at least know what to expect! LOL

Florida Power and Light (FPL) put their electric underground. I hope that we'll have power. I can deal with no TV or internet. I need light and air...at least!!!

Diana