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In reply to the discussion: This west coast Floridian is alive and well in Dothan, Alabama, and far from Milton. [View all]PoindexterOglethorpe
(27,359 posts)66. I periodically fall and break something
(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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ancianita
Oct 2024
OP
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
Please keep us updated about what is going on, anecdotally or otherwise. Stay safe!
alwaysinasnit
Oct 2024
#8
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
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
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
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
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
Yep! Good one! And I see no signs it will be different next "season," either.
ancianita
Oct 2024
#69
Thanks! You're smart to learn about hurricanes as cautionary tales. And I'd call your 'ingrained habit' more like
ancianita
Oct 2024
#54
Good for you, Warpy. If my recently deceased husband had been well, we'd still be just wintering in Florida.
ancianita
Oct 2024
#55
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
The tornadoes on the ground right now in FL are dangerous and life threatening!
MontanaMama
Oct 2024
#45
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