Lmao, the alarmist national news outlets strike again. I’ve seen reports calling this the “storm of a lifetime” and it’s now a Cat 2 at landfall. Just get out of coastal areas that flood easily and stay inside your house and you’ll be fine. And expect to be without power for a week or two. Don’t like that? Maybe you should have gotten up off your ass and bought a generator.
Some tips:
- Let those morons still on isolated, coastal islands either figure it out for themselves or die. Don’t waste the lives of rescuers. Those people had plenty of time and notice to evacuate. They didn’t. They made their beds and now it’s time to sleep in them.
- Come to grips that you’ll be without power. As someone that worked for a utility while he was in school, they restore power in this order: government/hospitals/police/fire and rescue, business areas, then the transformers and circuits that will restore the most amount of residential dwellings in one shot. So if you live in the middle of nowhere with no neighbors for a couple of miles, you won’t be getting power back for a while. You’re the lowest priority. Don’t like it? Don’t live there. Hopefully you have a generator and money for gas. On that note...
- Don’t bother the poor utility linemen when they’re working in your area. Those poor bastards are pulling down 12-16 hour days everyday until everyone is back up and running. They’re away from their families, exhausted, and working in an extremely dangerous situation. They have no clue when you’ll be back on. It’s a stupid ****ing question and you’ll be looked at as a moron. And rightfully so. The time they have to take to answer a stupid question from some asswipe in a Van Halen t-shirt, jean shorts, and white Reebok’s is time that they’re not spending restoring power. On that note, don’t call in and ask how much more time it will take. Those poor souls are working the same schedule as the linemen and legitimately have no idea whatsoever how long it will take. If they quote you a timetable, add 48 hours at least to it.
- If you were stupid enough to buy a freezer full of meat with a massive hurricane churning off the Atlantic, you’re an idiot. The city/county/state/FEMA will not reimburse you for this no matter how much you cry and complain. Grill it in the immediate aftermath of the storm. That portly fellow that you call a wife? Keep her stomach full. God knows she’s going to make your life even more miserable than usual since she’s probably in menopause and hot. Don’t let that pig be hungry on top of that. After you finish off your meat, work your way down to dry goods. If you’re a vegan and don’t eat meat, then you win out here because you don’t have to spend your time grilling it. Congrats, you effeminate nancyboy.
Those of you that are in the storm’s path, stay safe. A 2 is not that bad at all. Just stay inside, ride it out, and check back in when you can.