You might be a Floridian if:

You exhibit a slight twitch when introduced to anyone with the first
names of Charley, Frances, Ivan or Jeanne

Your freezer never has more than $20 worth of food in it any given
time

You're looking at paint swatches for the plywood on your windows,
to accent the house color

You think of your hall closet/saferoom as "cozy"

Your pool is more accurately described as "framed in" than
"screened in"

Your freezer in the garage now only has homemade ice in it

You no longer worry about relatives visiting during the summer
months

You too haven't heard back from the insurance adjuster

You now understand what that little "2% hurricane deductible"
phrase really means

You're putting a collage together on your driveway of roof shingles
from your neighborhood

You were once proud of your 16" electric chain saw

Your Street has more than 3 "NO WAKE" signs posted

You now own 5 large ice chests

Your parrot can now say" hammered, pounded and hunker down"

You recognize people in line at the free ice, gas and plywood
locations

You stop what you're doing and clap and wave when you see a convoy
of power company trucks come down your street

You're depressed when they don't stop

You have the personal cell phone numbers of the managers for:
plywood, roofing supplies and generators at Home Depot on your speed dialer

You've spent more than $20 on "Tall white kitchen bags" to make
your own sand bags

You're considering upgrading your 16" to a 20" chainsaw

You know what "Bar chain oil" is

You're thinking of getting your wife the hardhat with the ear
protector and face shield for Christmas

You now think the $6000 whole house generator seems reasonable.

You look forward to ! discussions about the merits of "cubed, block
and dry ice"

Your therapist refers to your condition as "generator envy"

You fight the urge to put on your winter coat and wool cap and parade
around in front of your picture window, when you finally get power and your
neighbor across the street, with the noisy generator doesn't get electric

And finally, you might be a Floridian if You ask your sister up
north to start saving the Sunday Real Estate classifieds!