# Floridopers: I think we're going to get wet. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 11, 2004, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-i-think-were-going-to-get-wet/259386 "2004-08-11T17:14:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-i-think-were-going-to-get-wet/259386/41 "2004-08-12T11:28:17Z")
On the radio this morning they’re reporting a Hurricane Watch from Tarpon Springs (one town north from me) down to Bonita Springs (not exactly sure where that is, except south). But a Hurricane Warning from Bonita Springs down to the Keys. Someone really doesn’t like Bonita Springs. Should I think it’s weird that my daughter was really worried about hurricanes this past week and a half (well before we’d heard about Bonnie or Chuck)? ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-i-think-were-going-to-get-wet/259386/42 "2004-08-12T11:54:38Z")
Be safe all you Floridopers. Here’s hoping Bonnie and Charley move through quick like the weather folks keep saying. All you Tally dopers, I’m only about a hundred miles north of y’all. Could a south Jawjan have lunch with y’all too? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-i-think-were-going-to-get-wet/259386/43 "2004-08-12T12:05:56Z")
This is why I’m glad I left Florida. This, & the Palmetto bugs. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-i-think-were-going-to-get-wet/259386/44 "2004-08-12T13:59:44Z")
**Shibb** , love your list! I’ll bring the battery-operated plasma TV and the leftover weinies from my office party today. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-i-think-were-going-to-get-wet/259386/45 "2004-08-12T15:46:20Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Anyone else see a real missed opportunity in them not naming the “C” storm “Clyde”? Yes. I opened this thread specifically to bring that up. Oh, and to say best of luck, Floridians! ---
**Author:** ![Heppie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@Heppie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heppie)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-i-think-were-going-to-get-wet/259386/46 "2004-08-12T16:03:06Z")
> [@Tupug Anachi](#): > > **Shibb** , love your list! I’ll bring the battery-operated plasma TV and the leftover weinies from my office party today. Hey, you better send those weinies to Nebraska and maybe the Salukis will have mercy. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-i-think-were-going-to-get-wet/259386/47 "2004-08-12T16:23:56Z")
Those were awesome links, **ccwaterback**. I can’t believe how close Pete and Repeat are. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-i-think-were-going-to-get-wet/259386/48 "2004-08-12T17:21:25Z")
I’m here. We’re jamming at work to get the logs done, in case we can’t get in tomorrow. And, oh joy, my boss just told me I’m considered “essential personnel,”, so in the case of “All non-essential personnel stay home,”, guess who will be driving down the turnpike to work tomorrow!! :eek: Although, if it’s too dangerous, I stay home. No one is _that_ essential. We just heard a big clap of thunder. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-i-think-were-going-to-get-wet/259386/49 "2004-08-12T17:32:51Z")
> [@Heppie](#): > > Hey, you better send those weinies to Nebraska and maybe the Salukis will have mercy. Ya, think? 😃 You workin’ tomorrow? **ivylass** , yeah we’re getting rain here in Mailand Center. ---
**Author:** ![LilCutie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@LilCutie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilCutie)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-i-think-were-going-to-get-wet/259386/50 "2004-08-12T17:40:47Z")
I went to bed last night bracing myself to wake up to total Bonnie chaos. Instead, I woke up to birds chirping and rain splashing lightly down upon us. Bonnie went right past Panama City, thank goodness! Be careful though to the rest of Florida, Charley looks to be no joke. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-i-think-were-going-to-get-wet/259386/51 "2004-08-12T18:23:48Z")
I’m sure all of you understand my relief that I seem to be in the clear from both of these storms, but do be careful, guys. I know they’re no joke. Our local weather guys are just freaking out about the storms that will (unless Charley (WTF is with that spelling???) takes a turn west. You never know. But still, it’s funny. It’s like they WANT a hurricane to arrive or something. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-i-think-were-going-to-get-wet/259386/52 "2004-08-12T18:29:50Z")
> [@HomeOfTheBraves](#): > > I’m a little East of Tampa. How far east of Tampa? We are probably going to be an evacuation area for a lot of bay area residents. ---
**Author:** ![vix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e4f/32.png) [@vix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vix)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-i-think-were-going-to-get-wet/259386/53 "2004-08-12T18:36:28Z")
We’re a bit south of West Palm (hi **ladybug**!), so I think we’re ok this time around. I’ve only lived down here for about a year and I’m really not looking forward to my first Florida hurricane! ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-i-think-were-going-to-get-wet/259386/54 "2004-08-12T18:57:13Z")
How does one know if you’re stores are supposed to close? What’s going on with the storms anyways? 😕 About 5 this morning, I thought I saw something about it being downgraded, but I’m not too sure I can trust anything I’m thinking I’m hearing or seeing right now. Howdy, fellow Tally-hos. I think you might could add **Jimmy Chitwood** to the Tally list, unless he’s moved or I’ve got the wrong **Jimmy**. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-i-think-were-going-to-get-wet/259386/55 "2004-08-12T19:05:53Z")
I’m getting slightly more concerned now that our storms have begun. (I also have a couple of family members doing their best to freak me out!) Mostly, I’m concerned because my house is being remodeled and my carpenters are even more likely than usual to flake out on me. The plumber has already taken off for parts unknown to get his boat out of the water, so I may have to evacuate this weekend in order to have facilities to evacuate in, if you take my meaning. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-i-think-were-going-to-get-wet/259386/56 "2004-08-12T19:10:56Z")
The schools in our area are closed tomorrow. However, since Charley is scheduled to make land fall Friday _evening_, the powers that be have decided we can all come to work tomorrow. We have a hotline we can call tomorrow morning to make sure circumstances haven’t changed. ---
**Author:** ![Sassafras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@Sassafras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassafras)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-i-think-were-going-to-get-wet/259386/57 "2004-08-12T19:15:54Z")
We are waiting here at work to see if the schools in Volusia County will be closed before we close the office. Stetson in DeLand and DBCC here by my office are both closing early tomorrow, as well as some of the Christian schools, but the public schools are holding off for the 5 pm report. I guess if we get a tropical storm warning at 5 they will be closing early. ---
**Author:** ![Gotterfunken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@Gotterfunken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gotterfunken)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-i-think-were-going-to-get-wet/259386/58 "2004-08-12T19:42:06Z")
Another Tallydoper checking in. Well, _that_ (i.e., Tropical Storm Bonnie) was pretty lame. I counted one patch of heavy rain this morning, and that was it other than a few drizzles. It rained much more heavily _yesterday_, while Bonnie was still many miles away. I’m a bit disappointed–I kinda like strong thunderstorms, as long as I’m safely inside, and it isn’t a truly dangerous storm. Bonnie looked like she could deliver that (strong rain but nothing too dangerous), but we didn’t get any strong storms–and, to make things worse, I had to come in to work today, when I’d been hoping I’d get to stay home. Thanks for nothing, Bonnie. Now, Charley, on the other hand, looks much scarier–he’s much better organized than Bonnie, and looks like he could pack a wallop. In his projected path, he could brush Tallahassee–though it’s hard to predict where he’s going to end up soon. Sit tight, neighbors. ---
**Author:** ![Heppie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@Heppie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heppie)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-i-think-were-going-to-get-wet/259386/59 "2004-08-12T19:44:09Z")
> [@Tupug Anachi](#): > > Ya, think? 😃 You workin’ tomorrow? No way. I work for a company that makes software that insurance adjusters use to clean up after storms like this. They have seen what kind of damage these kinds of storms can do first hand. They did ask for volunteers to work tomorrow for DOUBLE pay, but I’m not driving an hour through BFE in a hurricane for anybody. We’re going to finish putting up the storm panels and bring in the trash cans tonight and then just hang on tight. You know, I was okay with the thought of sitting through a Category 1 and I didn’t flinch when it made Category 2, but now they’re talking Category 3 and I have this urge to head south… ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-i-think-were-going-to-get-wet/259386/60 "2004-08-12T19:48:42Z")
Yeah, I’m calling it the Bonnie-Bust. For all Tally (and nearby) Dopers, please take a quick peek [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=271025). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-i-think-were-going-to-get-wet/259386.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridopers-i-think-were-going-to-get-wet/259386.md?page=4)