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Trying to reason with the fact that Hurricane Season is here
Posted: May 31, 2007 5:20 pm
by Nole Pirate
Hurricane season begins tomorrow.
For you people in Florida, tomorrow also begins the Hurricane Supply Tax Free Holiday. From tomorrow until 12 June you can purchase certian items for tax free. Go get stocked up so I don't have to here people complain to the government that they were lazy and didn't prepare and expect the government to provide for their every need.
Posted: May 31, 2007 5:32 pm
by SharkOnLand
Is rum tax-free? That's definitely a necessary supply.
Here's to a non-lethal hurricane season.

Posted: May 31, 2007 5:36 pm
by RinglingRingling
SharkOnLand wrote:Is rum tax-free? That's definitely a necessary supply.
Here's to a non-lethal hurricane season.

sadly, while it is a necessity, and no good hurricane kit should be without it, it is still taxable.
Re: Trying to reason with the fact that Hurricane Season is
Posted: May 31, 2007 5:38 pm
by Wino you know
Nole Pirate wrote:Hurricane season begins tomorrow.
For you people in Florida, tomorrow also begins the Hurricane Supply Tax Free Holiday. From tomorrow until 12 June you can purchase certian items for tax free. Go get stocked up so I don't have to here people complain to the government that they were lazy and didn't prepare and expect the government to provide for their every need.
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Posted: May 31, 2007 6:06 pm
by OystersandBeer
Bring it on.
Posted: May 31, 2007 6:31 pm
by Carolinadreamin'
SharkOnLand wrote:Is rum tax-free? That's definitely a necessary supply.
Here's to a non-lethal hurricane season.

I thought it was Fritos and beer?!

Posted: May 31, 2007 6:45 pm
by caly
Let's all hope for a quiet season.
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Posted: June 1, 2007 12:49 am
by SonofASonofASailor
They're saying it's suppose to be a busy season, but we've heard that before and its been a quite one. I'm hoping they're wrong again. And yes, rum should be tax free!
Posted: June 1, 2007 12:58 am
by chippewa
Lots of dire predictions last year too, let's hope this hurricane season is no worse than last summer.
Posted: June 1, 2007 1:17 am
by sonofabeach
OystersandBeer wrote:Bring it on.
yeah don't sing it.....Bring It!!!!
Gotta love the necks down here with the year round duck tape on their windows

Posted: June 1, 2007 1:30 am
by Migration Michelle
sonofabeach wrote:OystersandBeer wrote:Bring it on.
yeah don't sing it.....Bring It!!!!
Gotta love the necks down here with the year round duck tape on their windows

That's hysterical!!!!!! And so true!!!
Hopefully this year will be like last year!

Posted: June 1, 2007 8:12 am
by Floridaze
sonofabeach wrote:OystersandBeer wrote:Bring it on.
yeah don't sing it.....Bring It!!!!
Gotta love the necks down here with the year round duck tape on their windows

You talking bout me....that stuffs hard to get off after a summer of baking into the glass...kind of got used to it...
Posted: June 1, 2007 8:29 am
by longlinergirl
sonofabeach wrote:OystersandBeer wrote:Bring it on.
yeah don't sing it.....Bring It!!!!
Gotta love the necks down here with the year round duck tape on their windows

hey, that used to be what you were suposed to do...I remember taping the windows when we were kids...lol...
Posted: June 1, 2007 8:58 am
by txaggirl91
they should do the hurricane tax free day all along the coast...
Posted: June 1, 2007 10:28 am
by pojo
This will be an interesting season since things are cookin' already!
I hope there is no US landfall, but I do hope for a busy season for our sake.
Posted: June 1, 2007 11:00 am
by Nole Pirate
txaggirl91 wrote:they should do the hurricane tax free day all along the coast...
Well not all the legislatures along the coast are as forward thinking as Florida.

Posted: June 1, 2007 11:03 am
by txaggirl91
Nole Pirate wrote:txaggirl91 wrote:they should do the hurricane tax free day all along the coast...
Well not all the legislatures along the coast are as forward thinking as Florida.

the big thing in the houston area today is emphasizing who should and should not evacuate when we get the next threat. people evacuated with rita who should not have....which made it more difficult for those of us who had to evacuate.
the media is promising not to scare people like they did last time. yeah right
Posted: June 1, 2007 11:16 am
by chippewa
Saw a piece on CNN this morning about how Cuba is the model for hurricane preparedness. A very efficient evacuation plan which is actually practiced in the spring. Ivan hit them hard a few years back, but they had zero fatalities. Mostly it's because everybody gets the same message at the same time from the gov't. about what to do and when.
Posted: June 1, 2007 11:22 am
by buffettbride
chippewa wrote:Saw a piece on CNN this morning about how Cuba is the model for hurricane preparedness. A very efficient evacuation plan which is actually practiced in the spring. Ivan hit them hard a few years back, but they had zero fatalities. Mostly it's because everybody gets the same message at the same time from the gov't. about what to do and when.
I saw that too. Pretty much the gov't takes no crap when it comes to evacuating and you do what they say or else.

The fatalities wouldn't be because of the hurricane, that's for sure.

Posted: June 1, 2007 11:24 am
by Nole Pirate
txaggirl91 wrote:Nole Pirate wrote:txaggirl91 wrote:they should do the hurricane tax free day all along the coast...
Well not all the legislatures along the coast are as forward thinking as Florida.

the big thing in the houston area today is emphasizing who should and should not evacuate when we get the next threat. people evacuated with rita who should not have....which made it more difficult for those of us who had to evacuate.
the media is promising not to scare people like they did last time. yeah right
Yeah you and I both know that isn't happening. The local guy here in PC starts ramping up the coverage the minute a cloud appears in the Atlantic. It might be 3 weeks off from us, but he makes sure it is something we keep an eye on.