You want me to go outside? There is currently a tropical storm 200 miles away from Key West! Clearly, I need to hunker down inside.
We're going to get some rain? Perhaps stocking up on Cheetos and chocolate and other hurricane essentials would be in order. In case we're flooded in, you know?
What? The possibility of losing electricity? Let's cook the biggest lasagna the world has ever seen and invite lots of people to our house to eat it. Then we'll spend the afternoon looking at the palm trees spazzing out in the rain and we'll play cards and drink lots of coffee. In case.. the lights... go out...
Yeeeeaaaah, not really sure what the logic was there on that last one either. But the lasagna was delicious and the company fantastic.
The word this morning was "business as usual," but at some point this afternoon, our CEO emailed everyone a, "just go home." It was in the middle of a particularly nasty downpour. I was assigned the task of sitting in front of the window and announcing to everyone as soon as it stopped. I performed my duties well.
And so, the only other thing to say about my weekend is that my world has looked like the set of Twilight for the past three days, all grey and weirdly teal. I'm missing sunlight. Also, I'm wondering who was in charge of lighting for this movie.
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| I have no idea what's happening in this gif. |
Besides some temperamental rain, big puddles, wet jeans and a pair of soggy shoes, all is well. I'm always fascinated by hurricane culture, especially in my area because we're often spared the brunt of it. Hurricanes are the boy that cried wolf around here and it's easy to forget that they are serious business.The proof is all over my timelines, where pictures like these are being posted, liked, and reblogged:
And I mean, yeah okay, they are pretty funny. But also, I hope everyone still in the path of the storm stays safe. Better to be overly cautious, to spend an entire weekend indoors because driving in a storm freaks you out, than to be sorry.
There will be other weekends.
Ones where the sun does come out.
For now, I suppose all this hurricane food isn't going to eat itself.
I like all of your faces.
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I am in south MS, about an hour from the coast, so we definitely stocked up on the chocolate and tequila, because I mean, you can't survive a hurricane without either of those things. Hopefully those memes will be true for my area, too--even if the university is closed for the next few days and the entire town is voluntarily evacuating.... sigh. Jose Cuervo to the rescue!
We don't have a hurricane, but we DO have a complete lack of chocolate in the house at the moment, and I am FREAKING OUT. You'd think after the macarons I ate on Sunday and the canolli I ate yesterday that I'd be okay. But no. *sigh*
We got pictures like the fallen over chair one when Melbourne had a really insignificantly minor earthquake a few months ago. Practically every second post on my timeline was "WE WILL REBUILD!!". The other half of the posts were from Not Melbournians. So yeah. That happened...
That poor garden furniture :( It never stood a chance. I have never been near a hurricane and really have no desire to be. If I thought there was the merest chance of being in one, or near one, I would prepare like mad, and not leave the house at all. Or the bomb shelter I would dig in my backyard. I would however eat a giant lasagne.
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Hurricanes are one of those earthly quirks that fascinate the hell out of me. I would be that person attempting to take photos during the storm.
To be fair, I grew up on the West Coast where earthquakes were "the scariest thing alive" (I slept through every one of them), and now I reside in Alberta (admittedly tornadoes scare the shit out of me). I've never experienced a hurricane, or the fear of one--unless you count the time I went on a cruise and was convinced the ship would be lost at sea in a freak storm a la The Perfect Storm--so maybe if I actually had to face one I'd change my tune.
Glad to hear that you're ok, though!
I was in Orlando this past weekend and everyone had their TVs stuck on the weather channel like there's never been a hurricane come through FL before..
I'm pretty sure that all weather reports should be blacked out during hurricane season in FL/the Gulf of Mexico states as not to set off anyone's "hurricane PTSD."
I hate myself for laughing at those "Never Forget" pics.
I felt the same way, girl.
And they I effectively shared them. :(
You can certainly OD on weather forecasts. I felt bad for all those reporters and such who had been in the studio for 87 hours, or whatever. And you just know they were starting to smell a little stale.
I love to watch the skies during hurricanes. THE CLOUDS MOVE SO FAST. It's surreal. I love it.
Tornadoes scare me so bad. We were hearing about Isaac for DAYS. Tornadoes? LOL. NOPE. It's coming NOW.
That's scary as hell.
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I know. You gotta feel bad for that chair. Probably didn't even see it coming.
I recommend the lasagna in case of any emergency, really.
This lawn chair is apparently really famous. I saw it with a WE WILL REBUILD caption for a recent baby earthquake Virginia had. The human spirit is strong, man. We bounce back from anything.
How did you weather the storm? Also: how much tequila did you drink?!
Hope all the lawn chairs in your area are okay. :)
I love the 2nd pic! We had the same one last year for our earthquake except it said, "We will rebuild."
You're right...much better to be overly cautious than blown away in a giant windstorm. I hear that kind of ruins your day. Glad you're safe!
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