Funny, not funny.

Moms never fail to produce. Or at least most of us.
That's cool you could afford to do that.
During our power outage after Hurricane Charley, my son and I sat in 98` AND 98% humidity for days, along with the cats and the fish in the heat. I took the tank cover off and changed out their water twice a day with the nice cool tap water. (They survived). The best part of the days were the cold showers and listening to satellite radio in the breezy dark and very quiet evenings. (curfews at sundown) Felt like I'd been shot back to the stone age.

The ex finally brought us over an old generator and at least the food in the fridge survived. Then we could get on our computers and have fans at night. My daughter flew in from Chicago to Tampa and drove over with a huge cooler full of ice and beer and a case of batteries, and I hallucinated she was actually a Red Cross nurse. J/K

I watch the national radar weather and saw the storms in Texas last night. I guess by now everyone can say that these storms are not normal; they're just getting closer together and more frequent.

It's also good to have a bag of ice in your freezer at all times as the fridge stays colder longer. I used to make ice in droves as a storm approached, filled up the water jugs, bathtub, buy supplies, batteries, bring in the plants, lawn funiture, empty out the porch by dragging in everything, blah, blah, blah then cower as the winds ripped through the yard at 120 mph for hours or days hoping none of the large oaks came down on the house. A lot of my friends weren;t so lucky.

That's why I'm up here in the mountains now, trying to encourage my kids to move up here as well. I'll give them another season or two or five down there in sunny, swampy Florida.