For all the stuff you keep coming up with It is obvious to me that your only knowledge of Florida is what you watch on the evening network news or what you read on the internet or perhaps an occasional trip to that "rat's nest" just south of Orlando. Although I was not here during Andrew and I did hear it caused some problems like this. I have lived here through just about every other hurricane that has hit this state including the four that hit in 2004 (direct hit from 3 indirect hit from last one.) based on the actual damage that happens (and yes they do damage) and comparing it to what I was seeing on the national news I can tell you that the media blows everything way out of proportion. So let me tell you what I have learned from actually living through hurricanes I have learned that my outdoor cages can withstand a catagory 3 hurricane sittng directly over my house for three days and not sustain any damage and not have anything escape. I have at this point had 2 catagory 3 hurricanes a catagory 1 or 2 hurricanes (can't remember now ...there were so many that year I started to loose track.) and various other cat. 1 to 3 hurricanes usually only outer bands of most of these. It is to the point that if it is going to be a 3 or less I don't bother to bring anything inside anymore. But what do I know I'm not watching the news I just live here. It is the same with the temperature thing and the burms. In spite of my initial doubts I will defer to what Tom Cructhfield mentioned about them in the Glades yesterday but you will also noticed that he mentioned that the population numbers are blown way out of proportion and that he mentioned that he doesn't think they will not get much further north than the southern edge of lake okeechobee (have you ever been to yeehaw junction during a cold front...I have it gets cold real cold.) It has been much too cold for burms up here in central fl. the last 2 days (at or below freezing at nights low to mid 50's during the day.) and while it is a little late in the year for fronts this cold it's not unheard of and it certainly isn't unusual for winter here. If global warming is going to help burmese pythons move north it has a long way to go.

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