Obviously, good luck to all affected

[lakelandman]

I was out of power for seven days the part that kills me is how selfish everyone is with the food, and gas I can say this was just a hurricane but it had been longer with no help, and things can go sideways quickly.

[Wulfmann]

I was out of power for seven days the part that kills me is how selfish everyone is with the food, and gas.

Not sure what you mean.
I expect people to be selfish with food and gas.
Anyone that does not understand that is naive at best

[SoFlo]

I was out of power for seven days the part that kills me is how selfish everyone is with the food, and gas I can say this was just a hurricane but it had been longer with no help, and things can go sideways quickly.

Glad to hear you got power back. Can you expand on your experience when you have a moment?

Thank you

[Gregmp15]

That tornado came two streets from me in Lox
Did not hear or see but took out power poles on street over.
Too
Close for comfort.
Out of power 2 days but had Gen powering me up.
Lots of damage EF 3
Fla shooter you ok?

[Chigger]

People for the most part aren't selfish, they panic and lose what sanity they have for a bit. Went to Costco in PBG to do my weekly pickup of some items the Sunday before and it was typically busy but when I got inside the lines were to the opposite walls and then turned 90 and to the back walls of again. Most had gen sets, water and paper towels and storm related items. We turned around and walked out.

What is it about people when hurricane season sets in, they wait until a storm is hitting to buy stuff then deal with huge crowds when you could be home drinking a beer or a nice glass of sipping whisky looking out your window at the idiots panicking especially when your only supposed to get tropical winds at best?

If we ever get hit with an emp or some country decides to drop some nukes on us, people will just drop dead from shear panic and fear.

[lakelandman]

People for the most part aren't selfish, they panic and lose what sanity they have for a bit. Went to Costco in PBG to do my weekly pickup of some items the Sunday before and it was typically busy but when I got inside the lines were to the opposite walls and then turned 90 and to the back walls of again. Most had gen sets, water and paper towels and storm related items. We turned around and walked out.

What is it about people when hurricane season sets in, they wait until a storm is hitting to buy stuff then deal with huge crowds when you could be home drinking a beer or a nice glass of sipping whisky looking out your window at the idiots panicking especially when your only supposed to get tropical winds at best?

If we ever get hit with an emp or some country decides to drop some nukes on us, people will just drop dead from shear panic and fear.

I should have reworded it better panic sounds about right.

[SoFlo]

I should have reworded it better panic sounds about right.

Now it makes more sense.

I was almost wondering if you were one of those friends that can afford to prepare, but always answers with "I will just come to your place if <whatever> happens" when nudged. And then <whatever> happened, you came and were surprised not to receive half of the stock. LOL.

[Wulfmann]

I did not have to leave the house and buy a single item. If you can't say that you need to up your game

Confession: a lot of that is bulk buying the items I use when on sake or BOGO because I am efficient.
(Boastful way of saying cheap)

When it is Cane season everyone here should have everything in place to watch the cray cray be doing the cray thang

[wjbarricklow]

I work from home now and didn't have to buy a single thing except an inverter when my old inverter blew up.

In the 2004 and 2005 hurricanes gas was a huge pain, because I drove from Stuart to work all over Broward County. I used a tank of gas a day. And all the people who drive around with a 1/4 tank of gas all week decided to fill their gas tanks at the same time.

[FfNJGTFO]

I had done a bit of pre-storm shopping to be "at the ready." But the one thing I couldn't do was go get fuel for the gennie. A neighbor helped me to go get fuel the Tues. Morning before the storm hit. But by the time we got to the one station that had ethanol-free fuel, the line was 1/2hr away from the pumps. By the time we go to the pumps, they had shut down (empty tanks). That left me with only 1.5 5 gal. cans of fuel but, as it turns out, we didn't need it. All of our utilities are underground, so it is rare that we take a power hit directly due to the storm. We're more likely to take a hit when they do planned spot outages as they build back the state grid. None came this time, either.

Apparently, there was a very minor glitch during the storm (no more than 5-10 seconds) while I was asleep, but my UPS boxes covered it quite well. I didn't even know it happened until I saw that I had to reset the clock on my HVAC thermostat.

The only real drama of this storm was watching the storm drains flood in my cul-de-sac (and out back). But that was even gone within a couple of days.

Well, at least we have a baseline, now, in re: what could happen if a storm of that magnitude hits.