You exhibit a slight twitch when introduced to anyone with the first names of Charley, Frances or Ivan
\nIf an airboat is parked in your drive instead of a car.
\nYour freezer never has more than $20 worth of food in it any given time
\nYou’re looking at paint swatches for the plywood on your windows, to accent the house color
\nYou think of your hall closet\/safe room as “cozy”
\nYour pool is more accurately described as “framed in” than “screened in”
\nYour freezer in the garage now only has homemade ice in it
\nYou no longer worry about relatives visiting during the summer months
\nYou too haven’t heard back from the insurance adjuster
\nYou’ve ordered gas cans via FedEx
\nYou now understand what that little “2% hurricane deductible” phrase really means
\nYou’re putting a collage together on your driveway of roof shingles from your neighborhood
\nYou were once proud of your 16″ electric chain saw
\nYour Street has more than 3 ” NO WAKE” signs posted
\nYou now own 5 large ice chests
\nYour parrot can now say” hammered, pounded and hunker down”
\nYou recognize people in line at the free ice, gas and plywood locations
\nYou stop what you’re doing and clap and wave when you see a convoy of power company trucks come down your street
\nYour depressed when they don’t stop
\nYou have the personal cell phone numbers of the managers for: plywood, roofing supplies and generators at Home Depot on your speed dialer
\nYou’ve spent more than $20 on “Tall white kitchen bags” to make your own sand bags
\nYou’re considering upgrading from a 16″ to a 20″ chainsaw
\nYou know what “Bar chain oil” is
\nYou’re thinking of getting your wife the hardhat with the ear protector, face shield for Christmas
\nYou now think the $6000 whole house generator seems reasonable
\nYou look forward to discussions about the merits of “cubed, block and dry ice”
\nYour therapist refers to your condition as “generator envy”
\nYou 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 electric
\nAnd finally you might be a Floridian if
\nYou ask your sister up north to start saving the Sunday Real Estate Classifieds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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