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FLPanhandle

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5. It's been a long spell since our last hurricane

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Thu Apr 7, 2016, 08:40 PM

Apr 2016

Boarding the windows and preparing the house is probably the most dangerous thing for me. Climbing on ladders with big sheets of plywood. I always figure I'll die getting ready for a hurricane instead of in one.

The parties are fun though!

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Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico DUers [View all] malaise Apr 2016 OP

We're in the process of moving and I need to update my hurricane emergency bag. Solly Mack Apr 2016 #1

I'm working on our first aid kit malaise Apr 2016 #2

I keep a suture kit in mine. You never know and sometimes it's not easy to get to the hospital. Solly Mack Apr 2016 #3

Is the cold blob related in any way to the Pacific warm blob. Agnosticsherbet Apr 2016 #4

Don't know but I'm searching for an answer malaise Apr 2016 #7

Here's Jeff Masters on the Blob and your Pacific Blob malaise Apr 2016 #8

It's been a long spell since our last hurricane FLPanhandle Apr 2016 #5

I like the BBQ after the hurricane malaise Apr 2016 #6

Just wait until the teens and 20somethings get too old csziggy Apr 2016 #11

Good point malaise Apr 2016 #12

I thought hurricanes were fed by warm/hot water. geomon666 Apr 2016 #9

They do - this Masters' piece explains the scenarios malaise Apr 2016 #10