Hurricanes - Not the University of Miami kind...

Hurricanes - Not the University of Miami kind...

You might be a Floridian if . . .

• You exhibit a slight or maybe an extreme twitch when introduced to anyone with the first names of Charley, Frances, Ivan or Jeanne.

• Your refrigerator and/or freezer never has more than $20 worth of food in it at any given time.

• You're looking at paint for the plywood on your windows, to match and accent the house color.

• You think of your hall closet/safe area as "cozy and quaint".

• You no longer worry about relatives visiting during the summer months.

• You're putting a collage together on your driveway of roof shingles from your neighbor's homes.

• Your street has more than 5 "NO WAKE" signs posted.

• You recognize people in line at the free ice, water and food locations.

• You stop what you're doing and clap, whistle and wave when you see a convoy of power company trucks come down your street. You're depressed when they don't stop.

• You now think the $5500 whole house generator seems quite reasonable.

• You look forward to discussions about the merits of "cubed, block and dry ice".

• And finally, you might be a Floridian if . . .You ask your sister up north to start saving the Sunday Real Estate classifieds.