What I learned from Hurricane Francis!
* Coffee and frozen pizzas can be made on a BBQ grill.
* No matter how many times you flick the switch, lights don't work
without electricity.
* Kids can survive 4 days or longer without a video game controller in
their hand.
* Cats are really irritating without power.
* He who has the biggest generator wins.
* Women can actually survive without doing their hair--you just wish
they weren't around you.
* A new method of non-lethal torture - showers without ho****er.
* There are a lot more stars in the sky than most people thought.
* TV is an addiction and the withdrawal symptoms are painful. One day
at a time, brother.
* A 7 lb bag of ice will chill 6-12 oz Budweiser's to a drinkable temperature in
11 minutes, and still keep a 14-pound turkey frozen for 8 more hours.
* There are a lot of trees around here.
* Flood plan drawings on some mortgage documents were seriously wrong.
* Contrary to most Florida natives' beliefs, speed limit on roads without
traffic lights does not increase.
* Aluminum siding, while aesthetically pleasing, is definitely not
required, and during wind surges becomes flying, leathal weapons.
* Just because you're over 21 doesn't mean you can stay out as late as
you want. At least that's what the cops told me during a curfew stop.
* Crickets can increase their volume to overcome the sound of 14
generators.
* People will get into a line that has already formed without having
any idea what the line is for.
* When required, a Chrysler 300M will float--doesn't steer well, but
floats just the same.
* Some things do keep the mailman from his appointed rounds.
* Tele-marketers function no matter what the weather is doing.
* Cell phones work when land lines are down, but only as long as the
battery remains charged.
* 27 of your neighbors are fed from a different transformer than you,
and they are quick to point that out!
* Laundry hampers were not made to contain such a volume.
* If I had a store that sold only ice, chainsaws, gas, and
generators...I'd be rich.
* The price of a bag of ice rises 200% after a hurricane.
* Your water front property can quickly become someone else's fishing hole.
* Tree service companies are under appreciated.
* I learned what happens when you make fun of another state's blackout.
* MATH 101: 30 days in month, minus 6 days without power equals 30%
higher electric bill ?????
* Drywall is a compound word, take away the "dry" part and it's
worthless.
I hope you don't have to apply the lessons you have learned to Ivan the terrible!!!
Hugs,
Erika 
Michelle~ That was so good! It sounds like something I would have wrote! Went through all of this for the first time last weekend with Frances. No power for 2 days, then hubby and I get up Monday, drive for about 1 hour to get dry ice to try and salvage some of our food, only to return with 4 blocks of dry ice and find our power back on! I was elated of course, but wouldn't it figure?! I pray we don't have to experience Ivan the Terror!! God Bless!
Any plans made regarding storm preparedness goes out the window really quick.
You always buy too much food to get you thru the crunch. You either have too much refrigerated food or too much junk food...and then the people you expected do not show up and you still have the food someone has to eat.
You also find out who your real true friends. They are not the people who live across the street and have electricity and do not invite you over while you have no power. (I heard this complaint several times. Sure wish I had known those people who were suffering. I had plenty to share and would have gladly done it.)
Glad you come out ok.
I went through most of that myself.
I hope we miss Ivan. 
I will continue to say a pray that he gose away.
IMP
gail 
and videos
for 3days I hope Ivan go's away rented every video available can't do it again
hey there, oh man i know what you mean. with charley we were without power for 2 weeks. we were at my MIL's and there were 3 cats and 1 dog, all in the house. thank god that the AA batteries didn't sell out, or my 10 year old son would have driven me nuts. we have been hit twice and i do not want it the 3rd time. angie
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