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The worst part, Icarus, is that I DID see Mickey in the URL the first time! Since I didn't think we were up to the 13th named storm of the year yet, I went to NHC to look up the list of names and saw a different M name... and then my mind did a complete disconnect and failed to pursue it any further.
HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS UPDATE If you're girding, bracing and hunkering, you'll appreciate this email we received from a Miami Herald colleague, full of practical advice:
Given the current weather patterns I am recommending that all my friends get the following supplies and immediately put them in the trunk of their car or stow them in a safe place in their home.
1) A length of rope long enough to HANG yourself if you wind up trapped for three days in a shuttered house listening to the same blathering nitwits on TV or radio,standing outside with a microphone mouthing variations of "yep...it is windy...only an IDIOT would be out HERE".
2) Bottle of tequila, margarita mix and box of kosher salt.
3) Several cases of beer (preferable Guinness which can be consumed warm if necessary).
4) Pistol (this is Florida...it is always a good idea to have a pistol).
5) A garbage bag full of sleeping pills.
6) Scrabble AND a dictionary (the dictionary is really necessary because otherwise disputes may be settled with use if emergency item #4).
7) Carl Hiaasen books and a flashlight.
8) Tim Dorsey books and extra batteries.
9) Shotgun (this is Florida...it is always a good idea to have a shotgun).
Patrick Ogle Miami Herald/Action Line
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After all those admonitions for other people to leave, are you staying in the path of the hurricane?
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Man I'm ticked at my mother in law. She refuses to leave, saying "Your daddy never left." Well, Wes' father couldn't leave, he was a cop during Camille and with the Air Force during the others.
She has no clue what to do now, Wes' father passed away in January. She says she can stay and not worry about it. She refused Wes and his brother-in-law when they tried to come down there board up the hosue, and pick her up. Now it's too late, he can't get down there to get her now. And she's not answering her phone or her cell phone.
She got mad, at his sister, and is now refusing to speak to any of them. How selfish is that?? Her kids are only concerned about her.
Now my husband is a nervous wreck. He called the sheriff's dept, to try and get someone to get over there and check on her, make sure she has left. But no one knows where she is.
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Yeah it does. She's not behaving rationally, and her kids are all freaking.
My mother just called, she is the HR director for a supermarket chain, to tell me the stores are reporting they are out of bread and milk, and need extra cashiers ASAP. The stores are being overrun, in Birmingham.
Of course, over-reacting to weather reports is a local pastime here.
True, they expect us to get some pretty high winds and all, but I don't think we're going to be holed up for months without power or anything.
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Ah yes, I remember that from the near misses when I lived in Virginia Beach. I worked at a grocery store then...pretty brutal.
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As long as you've prepared, you can keep milk for a few days after the power goes out. Before Frances came through, our freezer was basically wall to wall ice blocks.
Also, a generator will keep your fridge going. The stores usually have generators and will reopen quickly, but they won't have cold storage. If you want milk and you have a generator, you better get it now.
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