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PoindexterOglethorpe

(27,359 posts)
66. I periodically fall and break something
Wed Oct 9, 2024, 05:14 PM
Oct 2024

(managed to do two toes and one arm, none of them at all serious) in less than a week.

But, even when there's snow and ice wherever it is I'm living ( a total of 8 different states in 76 years), oddly enough, I don't trip and fall on the ice. Perhaps I am even more cautious than I realize in those conditions. Because I am VERY aware that I'm losing some of my physical prowess with age.

The thing with Florida and hurricanes is that this is hardly breaking news. And given that hurricanes are getting a LOT stronger with the climate change, I honestly am astonished that so many people continue to go there. It's not as if every single other state has snowy cold winters. There are a fair number that don't. I live in one of those.

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Hoping for the best for you! (on your return) Solly Mack Oct 2024 #1
Thanks, Solly. ancianita Oct 2024 #3
It strikes me as funny, though not funny ha-ha, that a mind can hold elaborate conspiracy theories, but Solly Mack Oct 2024 #24
Exactly. It's the heart (open or closed) that chooses what the mind goes with, imo. ancianita Oct 2024 #26
And when both are closed....so tragic. Solly Mack Oct 2024 #83
Critical Thinking. multigraincracker Oct 2024 #76
It is. Solly Mack Oct 2024 #84
Just as deadly even if "man spawned" IbogaProject Oct 2024 #40
Sending hugs! alwaysinasnit Oct 2024 #2
Awww, thanks! I'll take 'em! ancianita Oct 2024 #5
Please keep us updated about what is going on, anecdotally or otherwise. Stay safe! alwaysinasnit Oct 2024 #8
Will do! ancianita Oct 2024 #10
I have experienced it. It's life changing in all ways. nolabear Oct 2024 #4
Then you know. Yes, it is. ancianita Oct 2024 #7
Smart move malaise Oct 2024 #6
Right? Cuz I'm a boy scout inside an ol' lady's body. ancianita Oct 2024 #9
I was a girl guide malaise Oct 2024 #14
Cool... ancianita Oct 2024 #19
So glad you're safe.. mountain grammy Oct 2024 #11
Thank you, mountain grammy! Me, too. ancianita Oct 2024 #12
I'm in dunedin and I,to, ran away. I've lived thru a few hurricanes and this one is not worth it for me to stay mitch96 Oct 2024 #42
Glad you're safe, mitch, and have friends to help. Hope you'll be feeling back to normal soon. ancianita Oct 2024 #50
Glad you've decided to leave. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2024 #13
I hear you. ancianita Oct 2024 #22
I periodically fall and break something PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2024 #66
Understand. All fair points in weighing the cost/benefits of relocating. ancianita Oct 2024 #68
I would take the NOLA offer. What better place to kill time? Lochloosa Oct 2024 #15
Heh heh I hear ya, Lochloosa. He owes me, but I'll take him up on it if worse comes to worst. Besides, I'm set ancianita Oct 2024 #17
Good for you to leave and be safe as you've paid your hurricane dues, for sure. Deuxcents Oct 2024 #16
Well... ancianita Oct 2024 #18
I imagine it's so difficult, but I really praise you phylny Oct 2024 #20
Thank you, phylny! ancianita Oct 2024 #23
I've been watching Ryan Hall, Y'all StarryNite Oct 2024 #21
If you came to New Mexico, you could see the balloon fiesta, it's on until Sunday. Clouds Passing Oct 2024 #25
I LOVE NM, Clouds Passing. I've planned to see that for years. But I'm afraid it'll have to wait until next year. ancianita Oct 2024 #27
Stay safe, ancianata! Kid Berwyn Oct 2024 #28
Thank you, Kid! ancianita Oct 2024 #29
Damn BumRushDaShow Oct 2024 #30
So you know, too. Downed trees, floods and streets as canals are likely the beginning of what we must see ahead of ancianita Oct 2024 #31
In 2020, there were 30 named storms BumRushDaShow Oct 2024 #36
I see. Thanks for the graphic. It's occurred to me that, ancianita Oct 2024 #37
The GOM is literally a sauna now, more so because it is shallower than the Atlantic BumRushDaShow Oct 2024 #46
Thanks for the GOM wind lesson. Looks like the usual Westerlies and the others were absent this time. ancianita Oct 2024 #51
I called that little area (Bay of Campeche) BumRushDaShow Oct 2024 #67
Yep! Good one! And I see no signs it will be different next "season," either. ancianita Oct 2024 #69
What a graphic!!! wolfie001 Oct 2024 #53
2020 was a wild year, pandemic aside BumRushDaShow Oct 2024 #70
Glad you're safe. Scrivener7 Oct 2024 #32
Thanks, Scrivener. ancianita Oct 2024 #35
glad you're safe markie Oct 2024 #33
Thank you, markie. ancianita Oct 2024 #34
Glad you're in a safe place. ShazzieB Oct 2024 #38
Thanks! You're smart to learn about hurricanes as cautionary tales. And I'd call your 'ingrained habit' more like ancianita Oct 2024 #54
This native Floridian is living in the high desert in NM Warpy Oct 2024 #39
Good for you, Warpy. If my recently deceased husband had been well, we'd still be just wintering in Florida. ancianita Oct 2024 #55
Stay Safe ... aggiesal Oct 2024 #41
Nice. ancianita Oct 2024 #56
Their family are righties. I stopped dealing with them on the run up to 2020. n/t aggiesal Oct 2024 #71
Very glad you are safe, hopefully your house will still be there. I really feel for those Floridians who can't leave. LoisB Oct 2024 #43
Thank you, LoisB. ancianita Oct 2024 #57
Very glad to hear DemonGoddess Oct 2024 #44
Thanks, DemonGoddess. "Beast" is a great word for this hellish storm. ancianita Oct 2024 #58
The tornadoes on the ground right now in FL are dangerous and life threatening! MontanaMama Oct 2024 #45
Good lord. Horrible. ancianita Oct 2024 #59
Sending energy to you make it through this... slightlv Oct 2024 #47
Thank you, slightly! ancianita Oct 2024 #60
We all have to do what we think is best for us. Glad you found a safe place to ride the storm out. Fla Dem Oct 2024 #48
Indeed. We have to recognize that we don't know others' lives. Thanks for your thoughts, Fla Dem. ancianita Oct 2024 #61
Hoping the best for you... MiHale Oct 2024 #49
Thank you, MiHale. ancianita Oct 2024 #62
Glad to hear... stay dry!! InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2024 #52
Thanks, InAbLuEsTaTe. Will do just that! ancianita Oct 2024 #63
So glad to hear that you are out of the path of that monster. Please take niyad Oct 2024 #64
Thank you, niyad. ancianita Oct 2024 #65
Will be thinking of you and all affected by Milton. Stay safe and well. HeartsCanHope Oct 2024 #72
Thanks so much, HeartsCanHope! ancianita Oct 2024 #73
Stay safe ....nt Figarosmom Oct 2024 #74
Thanks, and good morning. So far, so good. ancianita Oct 2024 #79
My sister in Sarasota is ok, power is back on. Easterncedar Oct 2024 #75
Good for her! Glad to know the power is back on. I ancianita Oct 2024 #80
Glad you are safe, ancianita gademocrat7 Oct 2024 #77
Thanks, gademocrat7. ancianita Oct 2024 #81
Very nice to hear. underpants Oct 2024 #78
I'd choose New Mexico. That would make this hurricane a less terrible memory. jaxexpat Oct 2024 #82
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