We Are Not Ready for This Hurricane Season

[Aquawind]

I am sure this will be discussed during this weeks Talkin Tropics show as well some of our content from the Florida Hurricane Conference going on this week. Mike does have his own website as well.

Like MW says we should all be beating the hurricane preparation drums for everyone to hear!

[T'Bonz]

Here's my solution to that...evacuate BEFORE the order is issued...by reading this board, you are in a great position to make the decision to leave before the general public gets the mandatory evac order.

Understood and it it something myself and my brother monitor, so we usually know ahead of John Q. Public.

Even so - evacuating costs $$$. It's fine and dandy to say "go", but "go" = gas money, food costs, hotels, etc. AND lost work. So many people don't want to go unless they're pretty sure there is a reason.

And work. It's unbelievable how stuffy some employers are. During either Frances or Jeanne, when we were under a hurricane warning (admittedly the effects here weren't bad at all), my daughter's boss was PISSED because I told them that she would not be coming in. We had all been told to be home (or gone) by noon, and this twit wanted my kid to work, at Party Supermarket. What, they expected hurricane parties perhaps? I might have understood the logic has the kiddo worked at Publix.

And this was a just a teen earning spending money. Many jobs where people are the main breadwinners of the family, they don't get let off work til the last moment (if at all.) It's the reality of living here.

So it's not because people procrastinate or are dunces. Sometimes there are valid reasons for hesitating.

For the one who mentioned not needing gas, again, while many places were closed, within a few days, most people were obliged to go to work. And most people don't live within walking distance of work and therefore must drive, which means needing gas.

We had topped off both cars before the storm. One sat in the garage for two weeks before we took it out to use, so we did just fine. We only went to work or to get food (when we got our power back.)

[mobilebay]

I am sure this will be discussed during this weeks Talkin Tropics show as well some of our content from the Florida Hurricane Conference going on this week. Mike does have his own website as well.

Like MW says we should all be beating the hurricane preparation drums for everyone to hear!

I want to say that it is a great show. Please continue to archive these shows. I have softball games when it airs live.