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The shelves are bare... Hurricane Dorian approaches Florida as a category 5 storm with winds of 0mph. All indications say it will head north and not make landfall on the east coast. This has been broadcast on a regular basis now. Not the fear is over, but the odds of it cutting through the state leaving a path of total destruction are very low. The gasoline panic is over. I no longer see dozens of cars wrapped around gas stations like we had earlier in the week. People at many stations waited 20- minutes to fill up. Water? 's a different story. You cannot find water on the shelves of supermarkets... with the exception of the French stuff $3.50 a liter all bottled water is sold out. When they bring a pallet of bottled water to the front of the grocery store it gets scooped up within minutes. I heard on TV to keep 1 gallon person per day for at least 10 days. Are you f'kin kidding ? A gallon of water lasts 2 weeks! My coworker came to complain he procrastinated and was lucky enough to have gotten the last supply in the store near his house in Hollywood... miles away from predicted strike zone. I asked how much water did he get and his answer was 48 bottles. It's him and his wife. Why so much, I asked and his response was he could return what he didn't use. I'm saying temporary insanity came over him. Thinking the fear of bad things would lessen, I went to the grocery store to fresh salmon. Gone. So was the beef and chicken. Only some seasoned sausage was on display. All of the frozen meats were gone! . |
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So much for fresh salmon...
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Around here, If the power goes out, pumping stations immediately switch to backup generators. Only small towns have problems when a loss of pressure causes sediment in the pipes to dislodge and come through the lines. That's when people have to boil water for drinking purpose. I don't know anyone who drinks tap water. My family moved to Miami in 1959 and as long as I remember, with the exception of notified planned maintenance/upgrades we always had running water for showers and flushing toilets. 
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