Well, another storm has come and gone here on the Floridian panhandle coast. From the amount of direct hurricane hits we keep getting here, I have come to the conclusion that the name of my town “Pensacola” means “Nyah, nyah-nyah, nyah-nyah!” in Hurricanese, because they sure like to hit us a lot.
It could also be that the newly published scientific law known as herecumus jimcantorium,or the principle that hurricanes are somehow attracted to Jim Cantore of The Weather Channel, is now holy writ in the world of meteorology. If Jim Cantore is in your town, you should leave because a hurricane is coming. It’s that simple. It is how it works here in Pensacola.
Thanks to all who showed concern via email messages, prayers, and the like. We were definitely spared a potential disaster. Of course, this may have been somewhat of a downer for my Aunt China who called me this morning to ask in her heavy Spanish accent: “Ju didn’t dies?”
No, I am happy to report to all well-wishers, we didn’t dies.
WOW Carl!
you are braver (or?) than most! That would be too scary for me! What kind of escape plan do you make in case your house up and flies away???Is there insurance for that?? hahahahaha…. glad you are OKAY! The worst we get is around 5 feet of snow! That’s EZ!
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Yeah, it was a bit scary for a while when the weather reports were saying it was going to make landfall as a hurricane, but thank God it changed for the better. Also, we are indeed very well practiced and prepared to make a getaway (which would have been very complicated this time around with the stange path the storm was to take once it hit land), with several scenerios ready depending on the track of the storm, its size, etc. And my home and belongings therein are insured in case of house lifting up and flying away, which is what happened sort of to my place during hurricane Ivan. Florida is a well-olied machine when it comes to hurricanes.
But snow can be a disaster sometimes too, and at least I have a warning of several days or hours before a hurricane. Blizzards and ice storms can take you by surprise, if I’m not mistaken. How do you prepare for that is what I want to know.
Carl