We're all gonna die...

Ok, what a nice way to end the weekend, the threat of impending death looming over our heads like some big horrible looming thing.  Gotta love hurricane season, a chance for the news stations to really beef up their ratings by presenting us with these killer storms when they're still about two weeks out.  I've lived here in south Florida since 1986 and in that time only two real big storms have hit the area, Andrew in '92 and Wilma just a few years ago, in '05.  It's nice to have interesting things happening out there, but people get too worked up about it.  During both storms I was part of, the convenience stores were open every day.  In fact, Wilma hit my area dead on, ripped roofs off everywhere, including mine, tore trees down, destroyed sidewalks, roads, power lines, and the Kwik-E-Mart right down the street was open the day of the hurricane, and every day after.  There's nothing funnier than going to the store when there's a hurricane coming, seeing people rushing around grabbing everything in sight with that kill or be killed look on their face.  Cans!  Water!  Batteries!  Hah!  I swear, people don't realize that just because a storm hits doesn't mean that the're not going to see drinkable water for a week.  Plus the fact that going a few days without being stuffed full of food isn't going to kill them.  Getting all worked up over this is just plain... abby-normal!  :D