Category: Weather
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Florida is NOT for Beginners

Florida does not operate like the rest of the country, and it has no interest in apologizing for that. Between airborne iguanas, backyard alligators, sideways weather, and errands that become endurance events, survival here depends on patience, preparation, and accepting that normal is a flexible, deeply unreliable concept.
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The Problem with Shelter in Place

When Hurricane Irma turned toward Florida’s west coast, I found myself riding it out alone with one frightened dog, three vulnerable glass doors, and a bathroom masquerading as a storm shelter. What followed was fear, absurdity, unexpected grace, and one very unsettling amphibian chorus in the eye of chaos.
