This might sound a little mean, but I hope all these storms scare the crap out of all the old people/retirees and inturn makes them want to leave SoFL. Sometimes I wish they all lived in the panhandle.
On a serious note, I'm really worried about Ivan. I was one of the lucky people in my neighborhood to have not lost power, TV, Sat, Water or had structure damage to our house. 3 houses down from me our neighbor had a huge oak tree crash into his house. That was actually a common thing in my neighborhood, seeing trees crashed on houses with 20 ft+ of roots dangling in the air. My roomates and I were being good samaritans and let people in our neighborhood come by for some refreshing AC, kill some beers and use the phone. We actually had parties all day/all night for 3-4 days. All our friends came over, we were barbecue'ing in the storm with 50mph winds going crazy around us, had a frig slam packed full of beer and Jaegermeister with a couple packs of redbull. Keep in mind though, we're in Jacksonville. It was by far a fun labor day weekend even with Frances.
I don't think Ivan will be fun for anyone.
