Tropical Storm Elsa Drives South West Florida to Drink
Living here in South West Florida, hurricanes are a fact of life. It’s going to happen. My friends and family that live out of state always freak out when there is any…

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(Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images)Living here in South West Florida, hurricanes are a fact of life. It’s going to happen. My friends and family that live out of state always freak out when there is any kind of storm approaching the sunshine state. They always ask me, “Are you okay, what are you going to do?” I tell them, here in South West Florida we have hurricane parties. That’s right. We drink the storm away. According to NBC-2 alcohol sales go way up when there’s a storm coming. And Elsa is no different. For storm stress, we let it go with some booze…
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