You might be a Floridian if...
You might be a Floridian if:
You exhibit a slight twitch when introduced to anyone with the
first names of Charley, Frances, Ivan or 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 from a 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, 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
restored and your neighbor across the street, with the noisy generator doesn't.
You're thinking of shaving your head and getting a black Gor-Tex
rain suit, like Jim Cantore has and so is your husband
You ask your sister up north to start saving the Sunday Real
Estate classifieds