You know you are a Floridian

[kamkazmoto]

You Know Your A Floridian If:





The Hurricane Hotline is on speed dial.

Your home page is the National Hurricane Center.

Your window blinds are made of aluminum.

A generator sits in the garage where your car once was.

There is more wood on your house then in your house.

You pay more for ice then you do on taxes.

Your bathroom has can goods, a flashlite and a mattress.

You didn't pay for waterfront property but you have it anyway.

Every house on your block has skylights.

Your house has a furnished indoor swimming pool.

Your on a first name basis with everyone at F.P.L.

You can enjoy the outdoors from the comfort of your home.

Construction classes are taught in kidergarten.

Real Estate is considered a short term investment.

You can open a can of tuna with your eyes closed.

You make homemade crafts with used batteries.

You can windsurf on a sheet of plywood.

The smell of propane makes you salivate.

The Weather Channel plays on the big screen at the sports bar.

The Theater rates movies by Storm Category.

All the kids in your neighborhood are named after hurricanes.

There are more Bushs' in gov't. office than in your yard.

You watch the tidal surge instead of the sunset.

The toll booth has a vacant sign on it.

The cone of error is a flavor at Baskins & Robbins.

Roofing is an exercise at your Health Club

Everyone in your family knows how to take a part a chain saw

You have a lease with the Hurricane Shelter

You evacuate every weekend ....regardless.

You can find seashells in your front lawn.

You can sit in your front proch and your back porch at the same time.

Your pets names are everyready & duracell.

You take your flashlight collection seriously, very seriously.

 

[cockroachfarm]

Bottled water is a gourmet item.

You can drive blindfolded to every Home Depot and every Albertson's within a 10 mile radius.

Every once in a while you find a dead fish on your patio. (I did!)

 

[Investigator]

This just came from my best buddy who is a member of a search and rescue team in and around the area of devastation.He lives in Pensacola and belongs to the Lower Alabama Search and Rescue Unit (http://www.lasar.com) that was hard hit by the hurricanes...My Buddy Rick is an oldtime kinda guy, retired Army MP/Intel.....he emailed this as soon as his cable came back online....
Hey JR!!! What a ride! thought you sissys in California would love this,
(2004 Hurricane Season) You might be a Floridian if:

--You exhibit a slight twitch when introduced to anyone with the first names of Charley, Frances, Ivan, or Jeanne
--Your freezer never has more than $20 worth of food in it at any given time
--You're looking at paint swatches for the plywood on your windows, to accent the house color
--You think of your hall closet/saferoom as "cozy"
--Your pool is more accurately described as "framed in" than "screened in"
--Your freezer in the garage now only has homemade ice in it
--You no longer worry about relatives visiting during the summer months
--You, too, haven't heard back from the insurance adjuster
--You now understand what that little "2% hurricane deductible" phrase really means
--You're putting a collage together on your driveway of roof shingles from your neighborhood
--You were once proud of your 16" electric chain saw
--Your Street has more than 3 "NO WAKE" signs posted
--You now own 5 large ice chests
--Your parrot can now say "hammered ", " pounded " and "hunker down"
--You recognize people in line at the free ice, gas and plywood locations
--You stop what you're doing and clap and wave when you see a convoy of power company trucks come down your street
--You're depressed when they don't stop
--You have the personal cell phone numbers of the managers for: plywood, roofing supplies and generators at Home Depot on your speed dialer
--You've spent more than $20 on "Tall white kitchen bags" to make your own sand bags
--You're considering upgrading your 16" to a 20" chainsaw
--You know what "Bar chain oil" is
--You're thinking of getting your wife the hard-hat with the ear protector and face shield for Christmas
--You now think the $6000 whole house generator seems reasonable
--You look forward to discussions about the merits of "cubed, block and dry ice"
--Your therapist refers to your condition as "generator envy"
--You fight the urge to put on your winter coat and wool cap and parade around in front of your picture window when you finally get power but your neighbor across the street with the noisy generator doesn't
And finally, you might be a Floridian if:
--You ask your daughter up north to start saving the Sunday Real Estate classifieds!

I saw this today and it really sums it all up very well........