What are you doing when you are asked, and you say you're doing nothing?

I’m usually just reading or working on crafts.

A lot of time what @chyna said, sometimes I am watching really stupid TV or goofy videos on the internet.

Could be anything. I could be on the computer, I could be reading a book or watching a show, I could be noodling through something that I want to figure out. The response of “nothing” to me really means “nothing I can’t walk away from”.

Usually cleaning or flipping thru recipe books.

“nothing I can’t walk away from”

Exactly.

Disassociating from life for a bit.

Plus, if I say, “nothing”, it could literally mean nothing or it could mean “leave me alone”, depending on my tone.

Probably watching something on Bravo or Food Network.

I never answer nothing. Even resting by the pool is something.

Probably just playing on the computer.

Everything.

Sometimes I say “nothing” and then I add what I am really doing, like “nothing, just looking at the computer” or “nothing, just watching the news” or “nothing, just drinking coffee.” Sometimes I say “nothing” and it means really, zero that is worth mentioning.

Watching TV, napping, fluther, or facebook.

Looking out the window
Doing something insignificant on my own.

Anything that isn’t worth mentioning.

Loitering on YouTube.

Watching TV. Anything that I can take a break from.

“Nothing” is typically something that isn’t considered productive.

In 24 hours from now my nothing will be waiting for Hurricane Milton.

Best of luck with that, @JLeslie. Be safe.

Thanks. Just brought all my patio furniture in and filled my bathtub. Going line dancing tonight to get a little exercise before being stuck inside for hours.

You can see us dance tonight 5:00–9:00 or watch the winds pick-up tomorrow on our live cameras. I’m going around 6:00pm EDT. I’ll be at Sumter in the main view, but there are multiple cameras at multiple town squares. https://www.thevillages.com/entertainment/live-cams/

Eventually the cameras will probably stop working during the storm.

I’m listening to people talking about taking days to prepare.
In Kansas it’s like LA de dah. Doing my day…..TORNADO!!!! 2 BLOCKS AWAY!!!

I saw on the news that WDW and Universal will be closed tomorrow.

They showed people at the airport trying to get out of Florida. There was a guy from The Villages who said he’s trying to get out, so I’m sure there are more from there. They showed the highway which was bumper to bumper, and gas stations had no gas.

I’m in a black t-shirt and shorts and barrette ponytail.

Off topic, but people might be curious.

Gas stations do run out of gas, but they get refilled constantly. The past three days trucks and trucks of gas come to gas stations day and night. Lots of people think the gas station ran out and that’s it they are screwed, but it isn’t the case until tonight (the night before the wind bands will start). Tonight, in towns and cities, many gas stations might close for the duration. The turnpike and highways will probably have gas all night into the morning, but eventually truckers also need to get home or to staging areas.

Not only is gas constantly brought in for the last three days, but also tons of bottled water, and also food. You will see photos of empty shelves, but most grocery stores are continually receiving shipments multiple times a day in FL and restocking shelves. Moreover, the governor ordered 24/7 trash pick-up in the Helene affected areas to clean up debris that could fly around during Milton and has National Guard Helping. He is excellent during hurricanes. No matter what you think of DeSantis, on this he is stellar.

Worth mentioning gas demand is monumental with everyone filling up and also filling fuel containers to have for generators. Even with this demand the gas where I live stayed between $2.99 and $3.20 a gallon depending on the station. All prices at supermarkets have basically stayed at typical recent pricing.

The Villages is a place to evacuate to we are so far inland, similar to Orlando, but that storm is so big that I don’t blame people if they prefer to leave.

Currently, The Villages is supposed to get a lot of rain, we are in the rainiest side of the storm if it follows the most expected path, and we will be getting tropical winds or possible cat 1 hurricane. We’ll see.

Milton is incredible right now. I saw it is165 mph sustained winds! 902 millibars. Unbelievable. Wilma in 2005 went to 897 mbs if I remember correctly. Just amazing that can even happen.

News said they’re picking up debris but there’s not enough time to pick up all of it before everyone has to hunker down

@jca2 I have no doubt that’s true. It was massive amounts of trash. It looks like the hurricane is shifting more south.

Where you go to hunker down @jca2? And in what way do you hunker?

Hunker down where they will be staying during the hurricane. Either at home, staging areas, places of work, shelters, friends houses, etc. Time is running out to travel before the storm.

@JLeslie Make sure to fill the bathtub with water, fill some ziplok bags with water and freeze them, make sure you have the candles and/or lanterns, flashlights, etc all readily on hand. Pack a bug-out bag even though you won’t be able to bug-out. It will gather into one spot all the things you might need in an emergency.

Bathtub already has water. I have bags of ice in my freezer throughout hurricane season.

No candles! No one should use real candles during a hurricane.