Hurricane Preparedness Tips:
Having just come from the Bahamas, where getting slammed by hurricanes is, unfortunately, a way of life, I picked up a few hurricane survival tips from the islanders that I thought I would share with my New England brethren, since if anybody knows how to handle hurricanes, it's the Bahamians. The traditional* way to get through a hurricane is to throw a Hurricane Party. You bring all the rum you can and you hole up somewhere with your family and friends (in your house if it's a category 1 through 3; in a designated shelter or a cave if its 4 or 5 and you haven't managed to get the hell off the island) and have a rowdy good time until the storm goes away.
You still get hit by a hurricane, but you have rum.
A little rum won't hurt at this point. Think about it.
(On a personal note: Yes, I'm back in the states. I left well before the storm hit the Bahamas, but it's gone and followed me up north anyway, so I guess I'll be seeing it soon. And yes, I took the tech job. Too burned out to go into details right now. Will try to later.)
*(This really is traditional. I'm serious).
You still get hit by a hurricane, but you have rum.
A little rum won't hurt at this point. Think about it.
(On a personal note: Yes, I'm back in the states. I left well before the storm hit the Bahamas, but it's gone and followed me up north anyway, so I guess I'll be seeing it soon. And yes, I took the tech job. Too burned out to go into details right now. Will try to later.)
*(This really is traditional. I'm serious).