# Hey, Floridopers, ready for Jeanne? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 25, 2004, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-floridopers-ready-for-jeanne/266039 "2004-09-25T14:15:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-floridopers-ready-for-jeanne/266039/21 "2004-09-25T20:46:40Z")
I’m in Boca Raton, we’re going to get hurricane force winds tonight. Getting some pretty good gusts right now, I expect the power to go any time now. I’m incredibly stressed about it. To get my mind off of it, I decide to view a movie. OK, here’s where I have to admit I download movies. So, I look in my download directory for one that might take my mind off the weather situation. The last one I downloaded? “The Day After Tomorrow”. Hmmm, maybe not the best choice. ---
**Author:** ![Sensualips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7c8e57/32.png) [@Sensualips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sensualips)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-floridopers-ready-for-jeanne/266039/22 "2004-09-25T21:00:07Z")
I’m heading down there on Friday. Looking for a place to live. I figure this couldn’t ever happen again. Maybe God will forgive if the elections turn out ok this November. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-floridopers-ready-for-jeanne/266039/23 "2004-09-25T21:36:25Z")
Maybe I’ll sell you my place… If there’s anything left of it. ---
**Author:** ![Arien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arien)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-floridopers-ready-for-jeanne/266039/24 "2004-09-25T21:38:19Z")
All I have to say is that I’m glad the power hasn’t gone out yet. I’m in West Palm Beach, and last time the power went out at around 10am, way before the storm really started. At least I got lucky and got the power back in a couple of days. ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-floridopers-ready-for-jeanne/266039/25 "2004-09-25T22:04:37Z")
I feel like I’m being punished. Don’t forget, hurricane Lisa is still out there deciding whether or not she’s going to crash this party. The Weather Channel = the Bad Hair Channel. The local news and weather people are all a bunch of histrionic wankers. I’m so sick of it I could just scream. No more. I’m watching HBO and Cinemax from now on. F%ck the weather channel. My mother’s staying with us until Jeanne passes. We didn’t lose power during Charley or Frances and she did. Hope she didn’t bring the electricity demons with her. Is it a bad idea to be falling down drunk when there’s a hurricane? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-floridopers-ready-for-jeanne/266039/26 "2004-09-25T22:22:30Z")
Floridopers, not meaning to sound corny or anything, but I _will_ say a prayer for you tonight, and in church tomorrow. I am worried about you all. Stay “hunkered down” Hey, **Carm6773** , now you can take another drink! ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-floridopers-ready-for-jeanne/266039/27 "2004-09-25T22:37:03Z")
Is Anita Bryant still in Florida? I’m thinking if anything, it’s her. ---
**Author:** ![bittersweet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@bittersweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bittersweet)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-floridopers-ready-for-jeanne/266039/28 "2004-09-25T22:47:32Z")
I’m not really worried about Jeanne for some reason. How_ever_, if Lisa winds up doing the most damage out of the lot, I will be legally changing my first name… **velvetjones** , it’s not a bad idea to be falling down drunk during a hurricane. It can only help things, really. ---
**Author:** ![Sami41](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Sami41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sami41)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-floridopers-ready-for-jeanne/266039/29 "2004-09-25T23:25:15Z")
> [@«Ðëëp¤F®ïêd»™](#): > > I’m not sure if its pronounced Jean or Jean-E but either way you would be throwing poo at my mother or my g/f. Shame on you poo-flingers. I was thinking it’s Je-Anne. Could be wrong. Either way, my thoughts are with you all. ~S Oh yeah . . . Hunker Down. . . Salud! ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-floridopers-ready-for-jeanne/266039/30 "2004-09-26T02:28:57Z")
you may fling poo on reporters as well. you may not fling poo on anderson cooper and whomever he is holding on to so he doesn’t go flying. just remember not to fling poo INTO the wind! when they retire the name ivan you could suggest ivylad… ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-floridopers-ready-for-jeanne/266039/31 "2004-09-26T02:32:21Z")
It’s getting very breezy here. Ivylad was sitting out in the driveway, reading, enjoying the breeze and the lack of bugs. Usually mosquitos are very bad at our house. At least during hurricanes they get blown away. ::stamps foot and crosses arms:: _No! I won’t! I won’t have another hurricane! And you can’t make me!_ ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-floridopers-ready-for-jeanne/266039/32 "2004-09-26T04:03:32Z")
> [@Sami41](#): > > I was thinking it’s Je-Anne. Could be wrong. Either way, my thoughts are with you all. > > ~S > Oh yeah . . . Hunker Down. . . Salud! It’s pronounced like “Gene”, and she made my work day absolutely hellish. Everything was all crazy at my store, and I have a new least-favorite phrase: “Where are all your carts?” _In the god-damned store because we are extremely busy, you drooling, slack-jawed moron._ Twice our normal sales today and 1.5 times yesterday, so I’m wiped. Good luck tonight, West Palm, Orlando, and Lakeland. ---
**Author:** ![Kuizelemartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19b73/32.png) [@Kuizelemartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuizelemartz)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-floridopers-ready-for-jeanne/266039/33 "2004-09-26T06:10:21Z")
I can’t sleep, I keep staring at the radar thining, “OMG, it’s coming right at us!” What to do… Anyone else staying awake, or everyone in bed? I normally would have been alseep by midnight. North of Tampa here. ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-floridopers-ready-for-jeanne/266039/34 "2004-09-26T06:49:24Z")
I’m still up, but I usually am at this time anyway. I keep watching WFTS rerun that clip of CNN’s Anderson Cooper getting blown away by a sudden gust. The anchors have been unable to stifle all of their giggles, and neither have I. I will never understand why news shows feel it necessary to have a remote showing how windy it is. ---
**Author:** ![Kuizelemartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19b73/32.png) [@Kuizelemartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuizelemartz)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-floridopers-ready-for-jeanne/266039/35 "2004-09-26T06:52:13Z")
I had some serious heart burn from these delicious chicken and dumplings I made today. It just kept getting worse and worse. I realized if I didn’t go to CVS now, it would be a long heart burned filled night and a very wet day to get my Tums tomorrow. The winds are only gusting at 30 mph and they really about blew me over. Glad I went tonight. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-floridopers-ready-for-jeanne/266039/36 "2004-09-26T14:07:08Z")
Here she comes. St. Pete is getting real windy at 10AM, gusts to 50MPH at least, not raining too hard yet. The power has been flickering, I hope we don’t lose it. The worst should be over in a couple hours, I hope. Turn north hunny, we don’t want you here no more. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-floridopers-ready-for-jeanne/266039/37 "2004-09-26T14:14:25Z")
Lisa too? Good grief. Has there ever been this much TS and hurricane frequency in the Caribbean before? Best of luck, all of you. ---
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-floridopers-ready-for-jeanne/266039/38 "2004-09-26T15:36:12Z")
Hillsborough County has been getting pounded for the last few hours. I have wet carpets again :(, but this time I still have power:)! I heard that a tree fell into the principal’s office at Lakeland High. How’s Florida Southern, which is right up the road? ---
**Author:** ![Arien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arien)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-floridopers-ready-for-jeanne/266039/39 "2004-09-26T17:26:49Z")
Argh, I was naively hoping the power wouldn’t go out this time. At least it was on for a lot longer than last time. With Frances it went down at about 10am, before it was even windy outside. I am making myself conserve my laptop battery. What’s this about Lisa? _puts bucket over head_ ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-floridopers-ready-for-jeanne/266039/40 "2004-09-26T17:33:46Z")
> [@Arien](#): > > What’s this about Lisa? _puts bucket over head_ It should go straight up into the Atlantic. Unless, of course, it decides to make a hard left and hit further up the East Coast. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-floridopers-ready-for-jeanne/266039.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-floridopers-ready-for-jeanne/266039.md?page=3)