I called my next door neighbor in Florida and he said his wife and three kids had rented a cabin in Tennessee and left today to wait the storm out. He and the two dogs are staying.
Contractors are charging $400 to put the storm shutters up on the house and $300 to take them down. That makes it almost worth flying down!
There is a company advertising on Craigslist for 50 laborers and offering to pay cash at the end of each day of work. (Apparently the IRS doesn't need to be involved). I was told that 80% of the homes have their storm shutters up already.
It sound like this could be the big one!
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