To our Floridian subsimmers...

Originally Posted by Platapus

I think this would be another good reason not to live in Florida.

I eat hurricanes for breakfast.

"Batten down the hatches, lash the riggin', secure them thar loose objects, and stand-by for a blow!"

BTW, a number of them could have also been used as a good reason not to live in:

Maryland
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Louisana
Mississippi
Arkinsaw
Galveston
Yucatan
Jamaica
The Bahamas
Bermuda (that's a hurricane magnet, if there ever was one, right?)

Remember that Florida effectively dodged the bullet for a large number of years, watching everyone else get smacked, before 2005 (the year we ran out of names for them, and everyone had to get out the Greek alphabet).

PS: One good thing here is that the lake (and no, I can't spel it, sorry) is getting a ton of much-needed rain dropped into it.