A "Quadruple Whammy"

As much as I detest the lovely state which I have the pleasure of calling "home," I don't think any state, Florida or otherwise, has the right to deal with nature's wrath in such an unrelenting manner. There have been 12 named storms this year, and every single one that has made landfall has effected Florida in some form. In my case, Frances and Jeanne both made direct landfall on top of Stuart, where my family and friends and home is located. I hate the place but it is still where I spent 18 years of my life, I was born in the hospital that lost it's roof to Frances (and now Jeanne), my neighborhood looks like a war zone, and my friends that are still in high school have missed almost two weeks of school because oft hese stupid storms. What's better is that Gainesville has been affected too- right now I am sitting inside because there are 50 mph winds and torrential rains outside, because both Frances and Jeanne made the same exact trek through Florida- first hititng Martin County, then going Northwest to Orlando, and then hitting G-Ville and Georgia. Unbelivable really. I really doubt my dad's mobile home made it through this storm (it was amazing, after all, that it survived Frances) because the winds are stronger and the impact more direct than it was three weeks ago. Whatever. I am just going to sit here and wonder if this hurricane madness is finally over, but seeing as how it isn't even October yet, I don't really forsee any reason for the hurricanes to stop coming. The worst flooding Stuart had seen in the past happened in late October, and we still have a week until October even begins. Whatever. i just hope that the worst is over, but I remember saying that three weeks ago after going home and seeing what Frances did. Now Jeanne was worse. Please let the shit be over.