Tropical Storm Fay

[Tory Richards]

Well, I got ready! Since hubby has been in Kansas all month I haven't been watching that much TV, especially on my days off. I enjoy the peace and quiet. I didn't even know we had a storm out there until I made the mistake of stopping to grocery shop at Wal-Mart Sunday afternoon. The store was packed like it was the day before Christmas!

I asked the cashier if it was always like that on Sundays (making a mental note NOT to go back) and she said it was because it was the first day of school tomorrow (Monday) and everyone was stocking up for the storm. I looked at her and said, storm? What storm? Then glanced at my pitiful groceries of ice cream, sandwich wraps, lunch meat and cheese. If the power went out I'd have to eat the ice cream first.

So the next day, on my way to work and the radio announcer confirmed there was indeed a storm out there, I left work early to take care of business. Gassed up my car, dropped a package off at the post office for next day delivery to hubby, then proceeded to stock up. That included a big container of drinking water, milk, a bag of cat food and two cans of soup. LOL...oh, let's not forget I moved some plants up against the carport so they wouldn't become flying missiles.

I left work early today because I didn't want to be on the road when the worst hit. Course, I was.

[Tory Richards]

In 2004 we were hit by 4 hurricanes in a row and they did a lot of damage. Power was out in some areas for 2 weeks. Before then we basically did the same thing, ignored them. We learned our lesson. Now I think they (public) goes over board but we're not going to be caught with our pants down again:)

[John Dishon]

I don't understand why hurricanes are still a big deal. My wife is from Taiwan, and they have typhoons (as they call them) all the time and they just treat it like a regular storm. Maybe it's because most buildings in Taiwan are made of concrete, I don't know.

[Tory Richards]

You're not kidding! In 2004 three of the four hurricanes went right through Polk County and over my house. We were so lucky though. Only had minor damage. Now people freak out at a little rain! By the way, I love storms:)

[Pennybrooke]

Hehe! You're not a Floridian unless you let a storm sneak up on you. The only reason things were even as nuts as you experienced is that people are still gun-shy after that three-year period of major storms, a few years back. Before 2004 or so, it had gotten so that people didn't even blink unless it was a Cat 3.