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Scriber ~ I've got a lot of nerve staying in Florida with ALL of the women I've known here.
posted by
mark2556
on September 4, 2004 at 6:03 AM
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Mark--You got a lot of nerve, staying in Florida with Passionlfower there.
posted by
scriber
on September 4, 2004 at 5:57 AM
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Well Mark I feel much better about you being there now. Thanx for that! :)
posted by
Hollee
on September 4, 2004 at 5:57 AM
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Hollee ~ The airports have been closed for three days, the highways have been jammed for 4, and unless you go to Kansas or something like that, there's nowhere to go.
And, unless it's a category 5 hurricane (or you live right on the coast..or in a trailer), most houses can withstand the winds. They're all made out of block, concrete and stucco. Cat. 5 hurricanes lift the roofs clean off, which is a real bummer. For most houses, it's the flying debris that's the problem, which is why we have the hurricane shutters.
If there's bad destruction and long power/water outages, looting happens, which is why people paint things like Owner home, armed and royally pissed off on their garage doors.
I'm better off than most, having a really big generator, a pool (an ample supply of water for flushing toilets) and stituated at the breath-taking eleveation of 14', the highest spot in the county.
When it's Category 5, though, it's get the hell outta town just as fast as you can.
posted by
mark2556
on September 4, 2004 at 5:54 AM
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Mark - give me a clue as to why you are still sitting there in the path
of the lovely Francois instead of hauling ass outta Dodge? Your adorable bungalow does not look like it can withstand the 9 million mph winds and I don't think hurling cans of Dinty Moore into the epicenter - or whatever the eye of a hurricane is called - could it be eye? - and yelling, "Here's Marky" is going to make that sucker have second thoughts about turning you into a whirly-gig - something that I know PF would rather do herself.
So what's up with that - Superman complex?
posted by
Hollee
on September 4, 2004 at 5:37 AM
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PF ~ If you're going to stay in Tallahassee, I recommend the parking lot of Bullwinkle's Saloon, 620 W. Tennessee Street. I think they stay open until 3am, which is sort of like having a hotel room for half the night. It's next door to Poor Paul's Pourhouse, and both are excellent centers of local and college entertainment and debauchery.
Another center of local flavor is the Capital Pub at 1196 Capital Circle. It's a little bit out of the center of Tallahassee, and quite redneck, but a certain barmaid named Laurie was extremely kind to me about 7 yers ago, and can suck-start a Harley.
If you meet a local masseuse named Julie, tell her I'm dead. It'd be a big help to me.
posted by
mark2556
on September 4, 2004 at 5:28 AM
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Mark::::Thanks for these valuable instructions and warnings. I'm sorry to report though, that today at 1400 hours I shall reach the "Forbidden Zone". I'm pretty sure I'll have to sleep in the car tonight, but that's an occupational hazard--there aren't normally hotels, restaurants, and stores open in the areas where they send me. Hence, the name, "Disaster Area."
During my first week of Charley, as you may recall, I lived mostly off of tomatoes and grapes that I found at a local veggie market, one of the few places in town not effected by the storm.
As for the pizza delivery guy, all I can say is that our minds run very closely in the same track. It's scary, actually. He came at about 9 p.m. bringing pepperoni pizza. I came at 9:30, 9:35, 9:40, and 9:45. (I always have alot of sexual tension on a new deployment.)
See you in Florida, babe!
posted by
Passionflower
on September 4, 2004 at 5:08 AM
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