LadyFish
Admiral
- Joined
- Mar 18, 2003
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*You have FEMA's number on your speed dialer.<br /><br />*You have more than 300 C and D batteries in your kitchen drawer.<br /><br />*Your pantry contains more than 20 cans of Spaghetti Os.<br /><br />*You are thinking of repainting your house to match the plywood covering your windows.<br /><br />*When describing your house to a prospective buyer, you say it has three bedrooms, two baths and one safe hallway.<br /><br />*Your SSN isn't a secret, it's written in Sharpie on your arms.<br /><br />*You are on a first-name basis with the cashier at Home Depot.<br /><br />*You are delighted to pay $3 for a gallon of regular unleaded.<br /><br />*The road leading to your house has been declared a No-Wake Zone.<br /><br />*You decide that your patio furniture looks better on the bottom of the pool.<br /><br />*You own more than three large coolers.<br /><br />*You wish that other people get hit by a hurricane and not feel the least bit guilty about it. <br /><br />*You rationalize helping a friend board up by thinking "It'll only take gallon of gas to get there and back"<br /><br />*You have 2-liter coke bottles and milk jugs filled with water in your freezer<br /><br />*Three months ago you couldn't hang a shower curtain; today you can assemble a portable generator by candlelight.<br /><br />*You catch a 13-pound redfish. In your driveway.<br /><br />*You can recite from memory whole portions of your homeowner's insurance policy.<br /><br />*You consider a "vacation" to stunning Tupelo, Mississippi.<br /><br />*At cocktail parties, women are attracted to the guy with the biggest chainsaw.<br /><br />*You have had tuna fish! more than 5 days in a row.<br /><br />*There is a roll of tar paper in your garage.<br /><br />*You can rattle off the names of three or more meteorologists who work at the Weather Channel.<br /><br />*Someone comes to your door to tell you they found your roof.<br /><br />*Ice is a valid topic of conversation.<br /><br />*Your "drive-thru" meal consists of MRE's and bottled water.<br /><br />*Relocating to South Dakota does not seem like such a crazy idea.<br /><br />*You spend more time on your roof then in your living room.<br /><br />*You've been laughed at over the phone by a roofer, fence builder or a tree worker.<br /><br />*A battery powered TV is considered a home entertainment center.<br /><br />*You don't worry about relatives wanting to visit during the summer.<br /><br />*Your child's first words, "hunker down" and you didn't go to UGA!<br /><br />*Having a tree in your living room does not necessarily mean it's Christmas.<br /><br />*Toilet Paper is elevated to coin of the realm at the shelters! .<br /><br />*You know the difference between the "good side" of a storm and t he "bad side."<br /><br />*Your kids start school in August and finish in July.<br /><br />*You go to work early and stay late just to enjoy the air conditioning.<br /> 
