Hurricane Idalia
🐸 Stay safe, frogs! 🐸
Looks like Idalia just got upgraded to a Category 4 hurricane. Mods, can we have a hurricane thread sticky for those of us in FL and the southeast?
Fear porn or not, serious weather calls for cool heads. I lived in Pinellas County for 2 years, and I know the natives know what to do, but that was over 30 years ago, I had been there to care for my father who had terminal cancer, and stayed on till his house was sold, worked in Clearwater. It's a different place now, I am sure. No matter the category, flooding is damaging to property, and it looks like around Cedar Key they are going to get walloped. Storm warnings are not the time to be prepared, a person should always be prepared for power outages, no matter what. The biggest thing that causes hardship is taking for granted all the conveniences that modern living gives us. I pray that good people are prepared to deal with what happens when the switch dont work. Flushing toilets, washing up, drinking, eating, cooking. Relying on the state to take care of you is just foolishness, thinking you can brave out the storm on your own, if you are in the direct path, is foolish also. Be alert and keep calm. And please don't abandon your animals. Always have a box of mres in the trunk of your car and some dog or cat food and a case of water, always. That way you can get in the car and drive to higher ground, and avoid the shelters. Take your pets, loved ones, your gun, cash, and have the food in your trunk. Water purification tabs are easier to pack than clorox. Medicines. May God cover you with his strength, love and mercy.