My sister and Bro-in-law are bringing in all the yard stuff, have filled up the cars, and have pulled some cash out of the bank in preparation. And they’re in Jacksonville. But they’ve been in Florida for 3 decades, so they know the drill.
Please tell your family to take the simple precautions - they don’t hav etc go crazy, but take some precautions. Plan for Cat 3.
My family in Tampa are lifelong native-born Floridians. Maybe they know something about projectiles that I’m too stupid to figure out since I live in tornado country now and no longer in hurricane country. We don’t have the luxury of time here when a tornado is coming our way. These people get days of notice and still act uninformed.
I can only try telling them what I can. They don’t listen, they have never listened. Never. Maybe it’s my delivery method. Caring and compassion doesn’t seem to work. Sometimes I wonder if I should up the drama and do a little yelling. Maybe then they would at least hear what I have to say?
Nevertheless, I hope that they remain well during this difficult time, as I hope for your family. I am probably emotional because I was hoping to have closure with my brother’s passing from a year ago. We were planning to gather on Saturday to mourn him as a family, something that we were denied a year ago because of CoVid. Sigh.