1. You have FEMA's number on your speed dialer.
2. You have more than 300 'C' and 'D' batteries in your kitchen drawer.
3. Your pantry contains more than 20 cans of Spaghetti O's.
4. You are thinking of repainting your house to match the plywood
covering your windows.
5. When describing your gutted house to a prospective buyer, you say it
has three bedrooms, two baths and an open air feel to it.
6. Your SSN isn't a secret; it's written in Sharpie on your arms.
7. You are on a first-name basis with the cashier at Home Depot.
8. You are delighted to pay $3.50 for a gallon of regular unleaded.
9. The road leading to your house has been declared a No-Wake Zone.
10. You decide that your patio furniture looks better on the bottom of
the pool.
11. You own more than three large coolers.
12. You can wish that other people get hit by a hurricane and not feel
the least bit guilty about it.
13. You rationalize helping a friend board up by thinking it'll only
take a gallon of gas to get there and back
14. You have 2-liter coke bottles and milk jugs filled with water in
your freezer.
15. Three months ago you couldn't hang a shower curtain; today you can
assemble a portable generator by candlelight.
16. You catch a 13-pound red fish - in your house.
17. You can recite from memory whole portions of your homeowner's
insurance policy.
18. You consider a vacation to stunning Tupelo , Mississippi .
19. At cocktail parties, women are attracted to the guy with the biggest
chainsaw.
20. You have had tuna fish more than 5 days in a row.
21. There is a roll of tar paper in your garage.
22. You can rattle off the names of three or more meteorologists who
work at the Weather Channel.
23. Someone comes to your door to tell you they found your roof.
24. Ice is a valid topic of conversation.
25. Your drive-thru meal consists of MRE's and bottled water.
26. Relocating to South Dakota does not seem like such a crazy idea.
27. You spend more time on your roof then in your living room.
28. You've been laughed at over the phone by a roofer, fence builder or
a tree worker.
29. A battery powered TV is considered a home entertainment center.
30. You don't worry about relatives wanting to visit during the summer.
31. Your child's first words are hunker down and you didn't go to Ole
Miss!
32. Having a tree in your living room does not necessarily mean its
Christmas.
33. Toilet Paper is elevated to coin of the realm at the shelters.
34. You know the difference between the good side of a storm and the bad
side.
35. Your kids start school in August and finish in July.
36. You go to work early and stay late just to enjoy the air
conditioning.
37. Your garage smells like gasoline.
38. You're more concerned about someone stealing your generator than
your car.
39. You get excited when you see a Texas Utilities truck in your
neighborhood.
40. You get really excited when you see the cable guy.
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A second list
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Coffee and frozen pizzas can be made on a BBQ grill.
Hot pockets taste pretty good deep fried on the outdoor cooker!
My car gets 23.21675 miles per gallon, EXACTLY (you can ask the people in line who helped me push it).
He who has the biggest generator wins.
A new method of non-lethal torture -- showers without hot water.
TV is an addiction and the withdrawal symptoms are painful.
Flood plain drawings on some mortgage documents were seriously wrong.
People will get into a line that has already formed without having any idea what the line is for.
Cell phones work when land lines are down, but only as long as the battery remains charged.
Hampers were not made to contain such a volume.
If I had a store that sold only ice, chainsaws, gas and generators...I'd be rich.
Waterfront property can quickly become someone else's fishing hole.
Tree service companies are underappreciated.
MATH 101: 30 days in month, minus 10 days without power equals 30% higher electric bill??
I can walk a lot farther than I thought.
Heat makes you be brutally honest!!!!
A MUST for all blackouts with kids... GLOWSTICKS!
It is a great time to teach the children the fine art of gambling (penny ante poker) card playing.
You can never have too many gas cans!
7 dogs that do not normally live together still do not get along during a hurricane.they have no comprehension of sharing.
5 gallons of sweetened iced tea a day is not enough for 9 teenagers.
Suddenly you realize you DO have neighbors!
Neighbors are much more sociable when your trees are being removed from their houses.
That neighbor who knows how to use a chainsaw is your new best friend.
What looks acceptable by candlelight in your bathroom will scare you when you look at yourself in the mirror at the office
Coffee is NOT a luxury - it's a staple! And withdrawal is hell!
Rather than campfires, you find families huddled about tiny battery-operated televisions to watch The Simpsons.
Peanut butter and jelly is a perfectly acceptable meal for breakfast, lunch and dinner in the same day.
Ice is a form of currency.
Coming home from work with a pizza and a charged-up laptop so the kids can watch a DVD makes you a hero.
You run out of things to barbecue after Day 3.
Hair can dry without a blow dryer, but it may not look the way you planned.
Baseball caps go with any post-hurricane ensemble.
You can't train yourself not to flip on light switches when entering a room.
Lukewarm is the new cold.
It's easier to ignore a dirty house when you can't see it
A new opening phrase when seeing someone: 'Got light s yet?'
Daydreaming consists of thinking about what you will do when the freak'n power comes back on!
For those of us in Hurricane zones
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