Moved 500 cows to higher ground. The Myakka ranch is only about thirty miles from the gulf. Not good. Could get pretty high winds and lots of rain. The other ranch is 90 miles inland. I don't expect many problems there.

The last big hurricane in Tampa was 1921. Looks like the storm is going to miss Tampa but the surge may still be pretty bad. I may take a direct hit at the ranch. The cows will likely survive as there is high ground.

My business partner went to the Keys to take the boat out of the water. I would have had to drive 280 miles one way.

Hurricanes are a fact of life in Florida. We have insurance but every time we have a hurricane it cost a least 100 to 300 thousand to repair the farm in Homestead. It's just part of the cost of doing business here in south Florida.

Nothing to do but just deal with it and hope you don't get hurt in the process.

Billy

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