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Big Blow Storms Through Libercontrarian Home Town

I come from a little town called Indialantic, Florida. I remember it as a sleepy beachside community, where I grew up in solidly middle-class splendor; most homes have a pool and a nice little yard, and the housing costs were in the late $70k range in the early 1980s. There was one hurricane, David, who had the unmitigated gall to storm through our town in September 1979 like a drunken construction worker, messing things up a little and causing everyone to glance nervously at one another. He left town in a foul-breathed condition, but there were no storms after this in the entire time I lived there.

Now, the 'canes are invading the state like rowdy spring-break frat boys, smashing the trees, knocking over people's homes, swamping their boats. It must suck to be a Floridian right now.

Wife and I were thinking of moving down, so I could be near my family; the recent spate of storms has put the kibosh on such foolhardy thoughts. Who wants to move to a place where the very weather can threaten your life, property, and loved ones? Certainly, there's better job opportunities in Florida (it was recently listed as only having insufficent jobs in a job-growth survey) than in Colorado (there's probably better job growth on Jupiter's moons than in Colorado), but since this appears to be the Message From The Almighty about where NOT to go, I will listen, fer cryin' out loud.

posted by: underwhelmed at September 25, 2004 22:59 | link | comments |

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