# Hurricane a'comin'! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 5, 2003, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-acomin/199715 "2003-09-05T13:23:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-acomin/199715/1 "2003-09-05T13:23:24Z")
Actually, it’s a tropical storm, but Florida is having an unusually wet summer. It’s funny, five years ago everyone was complaining about the drought. Now they’re bitching about the rain. Batten down the hatches…[Henri’s](http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=519&u=/ap/20030905/ap_on_re_us/tropical_weather_45&printer=1) on the way. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-acomin/199715/2 "2003-09-05T13:38:22Z")
We’re supposed to get 2-6" of rain from Henri - I sure hope so. My lawn is more dusty than anything these days. I just hope it doesn’t affect my daughter’s flight out this evening. I don’t think the worst of it is supposed to get here till tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-acomin/199715/3 "2003-09-05T15:46:26Z")
I have to bring in the patio furniture, but the problem is, we’re having tile laid, so all of our kitchen is in the garage and all our living room is smooshed onto the other side. Maybe I’ll just open the umbrella and see how far it carries the table. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-acomin/199715/4 "2003-09-05T16:26:34Z")
I’m not terribly worried…I’ll just bring in the plastic chairs from the back yard, and bring in the trash can…well, and all the pets, of course. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-acomin/199715/5 "2003-09-05T17:09:13Z")
We’ve been instructed to turn off our computers when we leave today, and cover the monitors with plastic in case the roof leaks. They don’t worry about rain during our numerous afternoon thunderstorms, but today, we’re supposed to use plastic. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-acomin/199715/6 "2003-09-05T18:29:32Z")
Weeeee! Storm is passing through Gainesville!!! I guess I need to find my umbrella, or go out and buy a new one… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-acomin/199715/7 "2003-09-05T19:00:10Z")
Screw Henri. Anyone here from Bermuda, where Fabian is going to hit?