How Florida Prepared for Hurricane Irma: The Most Memorable Images

You know the usual hurricane preparations: hanging shutters, boarding up your windows with plywood, stacking sandbags. But in Florida, nothing is ever that boring. Plenty of Floridians put their own spin on storm prep – often with hilarious or head-scratching results.

Best Meme: The internet’s favorite meme made an IRL appearance in Port St. Lucie.

"Irma Gerd" — someone in Port St. Lucie gets it #HurrcaneIrma pic.twitter.com/0Ya4r9YEAO

— Andrew Atterbury (@AtterburyTCPalm) September 9, 2017

Most Miami: Street art + the University of Miami Ibis + Collins Avenue + angry, unfounded braggadocio = peak Miami.

The best message to Irma that I've seen…
This is Miami Beach this morning. #Irma pic.twitter.com/69yh79h9Ff

— Mike Armstrong (@ArmstrongGN) September 9, 2017

Most Baller: Gotta protect your spinners, bro.

i don't understand this move but i have so much goddamned respect for it pic.twitter.com/zvMt6hIL9K

— Nathaniel Sandler (@ntsandler) September 9, 2017

Best Priorities: Milano’s in Jacksonville Beach knows survival is pointless if you don’t have snacks.

No fucks given at Jax Beach

A post shared by Geoffrey Danger Perreault (@g.perr) on Sep 9, 2017 at 12:28pm PDT

Most Pious: What deserves more protection, your home on Earth or your eternal soul? These folks made their choice.

San Lazaro gets aluminum. The house gets plywood. #LittleHavana. @PatriciaMazzei @NewsbySmiley pic.twitter.com/yJOZoNBYiL

— Ralph Rosado (@ralphrosado) September 9, 2017

Most Fetch: These folks went full Mean Girls on their plywood preparations. Irma? She doesn’t even go here!

Most Obvious: “Same” – Miami en masse.

Fuck IRMA #irma #hurricane #hurricaneirma #tampa #macallan #whisky

A post shared by iMax (@maxim_tb) on Sep 10, 2017 at 4:47pm PDT