You might be a Floridian if....

[Theunicornhunter 2]

You exhibit a slight twitch when introduced to anyone with the first names of Charley, Frances or Ivan and Jeanne

 

Your freezer never has more than $20 worth of food in it any given time

 

You're looking at paint swatches for the plywood on your windows, to accent the house color

 

You think of your hall closet/saferoom as "cozy"

 

Your pool is more accurately described as "framed in" than "screened in"

 

Your freezer in the garage now only has homemade ice in it

 

You no longer worry about relatives visiting during the summer months

 

You, too, haven't heard back from the insurance adjuster

 

You now understand what that little "2% hurricane deductible" phrase really means

 

You're putting a collage together on your driveway of roof shingles from your neighborhood

 

You were once proud of your 16" electric chain saw

 

Your Street has more than 3 "NO WAKE" signs posted

 

You now own 5 large ice chests

 

Your parrot can now say" hammered, pounded and hunker down"

 

You recognize people in line at the free ice, gas and plywood locations

 

You stop what you're doing and clap and wave when you see a convoy of power company trucks come down your street

 

You're depressed when they don't stop

 

You have the personal cell phone numbers of the managers for: plywood, roofing supplies and generators at Home Depot on your speed dialer

 

You've spent more than $20 on "Tall white kitchen bags" to make your own sand bags

 

You're considering upgrading your 16" to a 20" chainsaw

 

You know what "Bar chain oil" is

 

You're thinking of getting your wife the hardhat with the ear protector and face shield for Christmas

 

You now think the $6000 whole house generator seems reasonable

 

You look forward to discussions about the merits of "cubed, block and dry ice"

 

Your therapist refers to your condition as "generator envy"

 

You fight the urge to put on your winter coat and wool cap and parade around in front of your picture window, when you finally get power and your neighbor across the street, with the noisy generator, doesn't get electricity...

 

And finally, you might be a Floridian if: You ask your sister up north to start saving the Sunday Real Estate classifieds!

[WEAREBORG4102 0]

humorous but quite ironic. :lol:

[Yillara Skye 1]

You stop what you're doing and clap and wave when you see a convoy of power company trucks come down your street

 

You're depressed when they don't stop

 

And finally, you might be a Floridian if: You ask your sister up north to start saving the Sunday Real Estate classifieds!

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Especially the last one, is true for my sister and brother in law. We recently came back from a brief trip and that was one of the things they mentioned....moving up north and that last one from the list was one of their reasons.

 

 

*All of the ones listed were pretty good, but the ones that I quoted I agreed with most.