Hurricane Redux
This storm illustrated that the time it takes the collective public to lose sight of the dangers of a hurricane is a little over one year. This storm stalled out in Mexico for a very long time. We, the people of South Florida, knew about it well in advance. It was going to make a turn to the east and it was going to move very fast. It did and it did.
“Fill up your cars with gas,” they say.
“Stock up on supplies,” they say.
And yet, many seem not to have heeded those warnings or followed that advice. The proof? People were fighting over gasoline and supplies the day after the hurricane. Did you read that? The day after the hurricane. If people would have listened, we should have had at least a week before the anger and desperation for petrol set in.
I had gas. I had bottled water. I bought even more bottled water when the water went out because I didn’t know how long it would be out. I now have seventeen gallons of water in my garage. We are going to begin stocking a few weeks worth of canned goods and things that have long expiration dates. Enough that I won’t have to leave the house or even have cause to worry for at least two weeks. I thought I had enough this time. I will be sure I do next time.
I won’t be forced to deal with them again; those people that cannot drive without signals; those people that cannot display even a modicum of patience.
Hurricanes are really bad. People are far worse.