Florida peeps. Prepare for this storm!

[Coochie liquor]

Originally Posted by Spott

There were two of them (Frances and Jean) that hit right in a row in St Pete/Tampa when I was living their in 2004, IIRC. They both went came from the east coast and crossed over the state to Tampa. I think that was the same year Charley was going to hit them directly but went inland around Pt Charlotte.

I guess I dont remeber that because we lived in Sebastian at the time. Was ground zero for those storms. We lost power for 2 weeks after Francis, we got it back for 4 days and Jean came through and we lost it for another 2 1/2 weeks. FEMA and Red Cross told us the house we were living in was uninhabitable. But we had nowhere to go. We had to stay there anyway, just like the other people in our area. We had a barrel in the middle of the block in an empty lot. We made the barrel into a bbq pit, and as everyone’s food was thawing we would bring it down to the pit and cook it and share it with the street. Even though it was devastating, it really brought our neighborhood together for a little while.