Should be: Could be a rough ride come the first of the week.
I hope all Florida FReepers have made adequate preparations.
Now I cannot give any advice because I am 5200 miles or something from Tampa (Wasilla, Alaska)but I have been prepping. For the first time our local Walmart started to carry the one gallon containers of freeze dried food from Augason farms.
Si I have quite a stockpile of those, and spring water to cook with. Its all in a 21’ travel trailer thats completely ready to hit the road or serve as a temporary lodging should I have a fire or an earthquake. My only real great fear is that such a tragedy strikes during the winter.
Well anyway those 5 or 6 gallon buckets of emergency food sounds like a great investment just in case you are forced to evacuate to a motel further up the road, they sell I think a 3 day and a two week version. I would keep a two week bucket available for every member of the household, stencil your kids name on each one, and make sure they are never opened until you need to.
Even if I were a guest at a motel for the convention I would get at least the three day bucket, water and a sterno stove or backpackers stove.