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Hurricane Hustles

My phone has pinged more than normal with OTC meetup requests since late last night. This is not doubt due to Hurricane Ian. The good news is it looks like we're avoiding the worst of the impacts here in NE FL. The bad news is that schools have been closed since Wednesday and the weather is still bad enough (constant rains, wind gusts at 40+ mph) to keep most people home.

I was out Tuesday night and the clubs were lightly attended, with many people no doubt preparing for the storm. I can't imagine that many girls made much money. I'm sure that last night was even worse as the storm started to roll in. If the clubs open at all today, which I've been told that they will, I'm guessing that it will also be bad.

And that is only for the girls who have been able to go to work at all. With all the schools suddenly canceled a lot of dayshift girls were left short of childcare options. Some nightshift girls missed work too either preparing for the storm or because the people helping them with childcare became unavailable.

So here we are now on Thursday, with another lost earnings day hitting the books and the 1st of the month almost here. I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of anyone's misfortunes, but I won't lie and say that I'm completely unhappy about the situation. I'd feel much different if people were losing their homes and power and were otherwise being forced into refugee conditions, but that's not the case here. We are in this weird situation where the threat of the storm was bad enough to close schools and most businesses, but the reality of it, while still messy enough to keep most people home, is much less damaging than expected in this part of FL.

It will be interesting to see how the next few days play out around here.