Quote Originally Posted by Miss Cellane View Post
Sorry, I didn't mean to offend. I've been through a few hurricanes, although what we get in New England usually isn't as bad as what hits south of us. But I've done the three days with no power and no water and power lines down in multiple places on my road so that I couldn't get anywhere in my car--rural is great until you realize that you are the last street in town, and maybe the county, to get power back and even the live power lines on the street in three places aren't worth dealing with for three days, other than to tie some yellow tape on them.

I was just making a joke, that's all. I recognize hurricanes for what they are and I prepare for them.

Tradd's friend seems a little optimistic--but then I thought her friend was hitting the casinos, not planning on a beach weekend.
No need to apologize. Sorry if I sounded touchy on the subject. I guess that after 35 years of living in Florida I just have more and more respect for the power of nature, and less and less confidence in people using common sense during such occasions. That includes at least a few members of my own family.

I'll decline to go into graphic detail of the conditions my father was living in when the police finally allowed me to enter his neighborhood. It wasn't pretty and it was completely avoidable.