Living with Hurricanes

I am asking myself daily what the hell I am doing in this state of Florida ! Moved here from New England in 1972. This is about the worse year for Hurricanes as everyone knows. Being in Central Fl I foolishly thought I was safe. Ha ! We had lovely Hurricane Frances torment us this past weekend. And I have discovered the greatest respect for our Pioneer ancestors especially the woman that had to cook & clean for the family in depressing heat & mind you, they didn't wear the clothing we wear today. At least I had bottled water & a grill. And that in itself was a pain in the ass. They had to start their own open fires & get the water from streams & haul it back to their destination. So how dare I complain !!!! Our electric was off for almost 3 days. And sleeping in this oppressive heat was the worse. But all in all, I am very grateful that we are all intact as is our property. Now we have Hurricane Ivan to worry about !!!! I think it's time for this state to tie one on & say screw it !!!! We clean up one mess & here comes another one. Oh woe is us ! Let me see....what would I prefer ???? Snow blizzards or Hurricanes ?? hmmmmm. All we can do at this point is hope & pray this IVAN goes away.....Please !!!!