Thread: Rules for discussing the hurricane(s)

I didn't write this

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Dear Non-Floridians,

Rules when discussing the hurricane with Floridians need to be put in place- and I have elected myself to make the rules. I held a fair election and I won by a unanimous vote.

1) Calling people who don't evacuate "idiots" or saying "they deserve what happens to them" is a judgement statement that without facts, you are not qualified to make.

2) Just go get a plane ticket! (You can't just fly out.) Don't make statements or give advice on how we should evacuate. You don't have the slightest knowledge of what we are up against. There are challenges to leaving. Flights out are being changed, cancelled, delayed. flights out of most airports are overbooked so even with a ticket you can't get out

3) Don't say "Get in your car and drive out fast" A) Gas stations are getting fuel still, but that fuel is gone before the lines are empty.
B. ) There is no driving fast. Cars are moving 5-7 mph on highways trying to get to safety. The lines are long and imagine, with a gas shortage, being stuck on highways in jams for 12-15 hours.

4) Florida has one way out, and that is through the top (Northern) part of the state. There are basically 2 major roads out. Those roads are jammed, backed up, and not expected to change. All those that know the special back roads that no one travels....guess what, if they know them so do a lot of other people. Those are backed up too.

5) To post "Florida is about to be wiped off the map" because you are watching the news reports and panicking from 3,000 miles away- is not the most uplifting thing for us to see. Plus, don't speak your devastation to us. Be positive!

6) "If I lived in Florida, I would have evacuated a week ago." Well I'm not so sure that you would have. It's not that simple if you have a job, family, home...not only that, you don't know until the final days which path the storm is going to take. Homes have to be boarded up. Things have to be done to ensure that if you do leave, you have somewhere to return.

7) Stop saying God is angry and that's why Texas went through what Texas went through and that Florida is being hit. God isn't angry. Every person in the path of destruction was created in His image. Every person not in the path of destruction was created in His image. He is not angry. He is not judging us. He is not putting His wrath down. If you believe that, we don't serve the same God.

8.) "Go to a safer part of the state." Yes, we thought of that. No one knows exactly what part that is. If Irma takes a turn it could hit the west coast- if we are all fleeing to the west coast because it says the east coast is the most dangerous, then that could be costly. We know what we need to do and we are monitoring the situation.

Feel Free to pray for us!

Feel Free to check on us, text us, call us. But, don't text your fears of our demise. Don't call us crying because you are scared for us. It is scary here and about to get a whole lot scarier.

We have a storm to conquer and we need to be healthy, mentally and physically.

When your loved ones and friends are getting ready to go play in a competitive sport, have a big interview or challenge in life, do you call them and say ....
"you are going to lose"
"don't show up for the game"
"The odds are against you"

We are preparing to overcome this storm. Send us some prayers and encouragement! We welcome it! If you are going to do anything less than that, turn your TV or radio off and keep quiet. We all have our own reasons that we are still here and we should not have to waste our time explaining ourselves when we could be preparing or helping others prepare.
God bless all, stay safe, love and help your neighbors. Copy&Paste #PRAYFORFLORIDA����

Yeah, I received a bunch of calls from out-of-staters kinda hinting at some of the above. It finally occurred to me that they were probably watching CNN, FOX, Prophets of Baal, etc.

"Nuclear hurricane to destroy Florida!"

Anyway, these things are very local, we came out of the "cone" yesterday, no hurricane risk here. Although I do know some folks who evacuated to the West Coast of FL, now they want to re-evacuate back home.

The folks calling were just under the influence of TEEVEE.

9) Swim to Cuba

10) Get on a hot air balloon

1.) Rebuke the thing, relax.

If everything else fails - take shelter behind thin trees




People take shelter behind trees from the high winds and rain as Hurricane Irma approaches Miami Beach, Florida.

This is true, especially about the traffic and planes....the airports closed...and the traffic stalled almost days ago....that is why the governor made the statement...I forget but I think it was Friday evening that if they had not left it was too late to get out...

The storm has been changing...some people don't have a financial reserve to leave and spend a week in a hotel...

But there are SOME who just believe they are bullet proof ....

Either way, I agree we need to be in prayer, not judgement...

I was listening to a radio program on Thursday night. One of the people who called in from southern Florida was planning to stay because he was Canadian and had never experienced a hurricane. Can I call him an idiot?