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Sancho

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17. Yep. Put stuff in the pool

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Reply #2)

Wed Sep 28, 2022, 07:57 AM

Sep 2022

...keeps it from blowing around.

We’ve learned over the years:

It’s much better to be on the North side of the storm.

Put all the loose stuff somewhere.

Leave early.

When the power is out, it’s almost impossible to stay more than a day.

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Anyone live in Sarasota, Lido Key? [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2022 OP

Someone forgot to throw them in the pool bottomofthehill Sep 2022 #1

Well hey!!!! Is that a thing? Or are you joking? Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2022 #2

Yes, that's how you keep them from Quakerfriend Sep 2022 #3

I remember peeps doing that when I lived in Ft Lauderdale. Last min fix for not bringing in mitch96 Sep 2022 #5

Feel sorry for residents. The whole thing has shifted south Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2022 #7

"How close are you to the shore? " I'm about 2.5 miles as the crow flies. The important thing mitch96 Sep 2022 #10

Oh no... Your friend is driving north! DeSantis said Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2022 #11

Yep. Put stuff in the pool Sancho Sep 2022 #17

When I went to Sarasota on business in the 90's, we'd stay at the Holiday Inn on Lido Beach. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2022 #4

Oh wow!!! Small world!! We used to go there for all Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2022 #6

We vacationed there when I was a kid. Gore1FL Sep 2022 #8

It's a stunningly beautiful part of country to me. Maybe you Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2022 #9

looks like a beautiful place for a timeshare... bahboo Sep 2022 #12

I'm from Clearwater...I left yesterday... Sancho Sep 2022 #13

Agree! Are they still saying landfall in Venice? What Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2022 #14

Yes..still saying landfall south of Tampa Bay... Sancho Sep 2022 #15

Good! Stay safe Sancho! Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2022 #16