Damn thing turned right more than expected. It's bee-lining for us.
We're battened down real good. I've been through this drill often enough in Miami. Windows are all boarded up. Went to the lumber yard (REAL lumber yard not Lowes or Home Depot where all the other idiots went) at 8:30 am and picked up 7 sheets of 1/2" ply. No one was there except some contractors. I tried to pass the word around to people to get over there if they needed ply - they were planning to close at 2pm.
Being a former Miami native I always have a pretty well stocked hurricane supply kit so the only other thing I purchased was some water, and some plastic sheeting, and gassed up all the cars and two 5 gallon gas cans.
Started raining an hour ago but no appreciable wind yet - that'll change.
We're supposed to get nuked around 9pm. Damn thing's track right now looks like it will be to our west which is bad - tornados spawn on the right side of a hurricane's path.
They're predicting 60 - 75 MPH winds, which we can handle - heck we get 60 MPH gusts all the time during the rainy season. If it gets over 75 though, it'll get fun - I'll probably lose windows in the gazebo.
Thankfully the properly was recently cleared, and a storm last week took down a lot of dead limbs that we burned, the the potential amount of debris out there is at a minimum. Still I live on 20 acres and there's a lot of trees. Shit's gonna fly.
I also have a large wood pile that I lashed down and hopefully none of that will fly.
NO ONE was taking this very seriously until about 1pm when the hurricane turned sharply to the right. Our's in the only house anywhere nearby that has the windows boarded.
People around here aren't used to dealing with this - hurricanes very rarely come inland to central Florida. Fortunately I'm a former Miamian and I take hurricanes SERIOUSLY. This f@cker has our name on it.
Well I guess I'll find out how good internet access works on my Sprint PCS cellphone later when the phone and cable dies.
We brought the turkey in a half hour ago - it's in a cage in the master bathroom. She's all excited to be in the house.
I'll try and give you all a holler in the morning to let you know we're okay.
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