A new roof and new sheetrock, when used in combination, will invariably draw nature's fury... I have now shown this to be a repeatable result, which is one of the criteria for any scientific discovery.

Are there any fairies involved in this law?

So murphy's law is really a natural law? yeah I guess that makes sense, I think its the same forces at work when I want to go sailing and there is no wind, but when I wanna fly RC planes its blowing 15.

although, my experienc with it isn't nearly so destructive as John's

J-Wil there is only one solution to your ills, go the way of the shaved.

What the hell is "sheetrock"????????
(Its not "goblins” is it – fairies don’t like goblins)

Sheetrock is the boarding used for the inside walls of houses. John, by continuing to replace his walls and roof every summer, is single-handedly responsible for drawing all of the hurricane activity to the Florida / Gulf Coast region. John's selfishness in wanting a house free of hurricane holes is making life more difficult for the rest of us. I personally think he should stop taunting Mother Nature and "take one for the team". He will just have to come to terms that he will have to live in a tent so we can all have some decent weather this year.

Can anybody explain to me why you guys, living in hurricane land, make houses out of boarding and stuff instead of brik and steel girders ?

Sure enough, one could design a house that will withstand a hurricane in full force. I mean if we humans can design bunkers that the biggest bombs we can drop on them sure enough we must be able to build something that withstands hurricanes ?

Wouter

Can anybody explain to me why you guys, living in hurricane land, make houses out of boarding and stuff instead of brik and steel girders ?

Sure enough, one could design a house that will withstand a hurricane in full force. I mean if we humans can design bunkers that withstand the biggest bombs we can drop on them sure enough we must be able to build something that withstands hurricanes ?

Wouter

Hey Wout -

My home is, in fact, constructed of cinderblock and cement with terrazo flooring and a tongue-in-groove decked roof. The home was built in 1959 and has withstood many many storms. Generally, after a storm, you shovel out the sand, hose everything off, and you're good for the next one. We wanted, though, to have a more finished look inside the home and had the cement walls covered in sheetrock. The interior and roof covering (140-mph-rated 90-pound-weight rubber covered with tar and white gravel) are not nearly as storm resistant as the floors and walls. Many of the newly constructed buildings that have sprung up around us, built to modern hurricane code, are the first buildings to come apart in a storm. I have a five-foot-high pile of my neighbor's house on my back porch from Dennis last month. Have codes improved survivability? Not to my mind. Low, unobtrusive, concrete homes have outlasted the rest.

Off to the store to pick up some more plywood. ugh.

Lance - trust me, if Mom Nature knocks us down, we'll stay down. In hurricane speak, we've only been getting love taps. Now Andrew... THAT was a storm.

As for decent weather this year, we're out of luck. Pattern is firmly established. It'll take a good, cold winter to break it again.

JC - if I had your delightfully round head, I wouldn't hesitate to go the way of the shaved. Due to several childhood incidents (which explain a few things, actually), I am far too lumpy beneath my coiffure to pull it off.

Awwww c'mon John...it could be worse...

Jake, where do you come up with this stuff?!

That reminds me of some high school pranks we used to pull on each other. Rule #1: Never be the first to fall asleep or pass out at a gathering of "friends".
It takes a long time for eyebrows to grow back.

-Rob V.
Panama City
Nacra 5.2

Google Images...the possibilities are endless.

Jim Cantore is in Biloxi. The storm will be here.

sea ya
tami

Think gyprock (Aus) / gib board (NZ). All are brand names.

We cancelled our "Take a New Person Sailing Day" today in Central Florida because the storm was supposed to turn north. Today was one of the nicest sailing days all year. Never listen to the weatherman.

Never say "never."