Sept 2nd... Calm before the storm!
Well yesterday was my birthday. Not the best birthday in the world with the impending doom of hurricane Frances out the coast, but it all worked out.
Standing in line for 3+ hours for 5 sheets of plywood was not my idea of a great birthday, but at least the place is boarded up and we sit in wait of the 2nd hurricane to hit Florida in 2 months. That is a record that hasn't been matched since the 1940's.
This hurricane is huge and scary. I have been through my share of hurricanes but this one really is frightening. To think this could be the last entry I make in here is really sobering. There is so much debri all over town from the hurricane that just hit us... Charley that it will no doubt become part of the problem as far as projectiles ect. This is some scarey shit.
Last hurricane we were out electric for 5 days. I am hoping for the best. But I expect the worse. Not that I am being negative, I just am trying to be prepared.
3 dogs and a cat. Hmm, I have no choice but to stay here in my opinion. As my pompass ass father sits in his nice brick home we sit here in this manufactored target. Yes I was invited over to stay. But no pets. Not even in the garage. Why? They might scratch the car. What a crock. I offered to help protect the car and he says "these are my rules". So well, if I die I guess he can thank his rules for that. I have more respect for my pets lives I guess. They even have a dog.
I wonder... if their house was destroyed and they needed a place to stay if I would have 'rules' about their pet! I don't think I could be so cold. I think I would take in the pet first. Terrible but at this point it is the way I feel.
At least I got to take the motorcycle out today for a nice ride. Man the town is a mess. This is the closest I have been to feeling like it is the end of the world....at least by the things around me.
We have only hours before Frances makes landfall, and in a couple of days we will know were we stand. I have put anotherhole.com on 'alert' with a warning on the front page. This kind of thing just stops business.
It is alarming to see how easy it would be for us to be thrown back into the dark ages. I can only hope for the best. Even for my cold father. My poor mother is terrified. I would love to be there with her to comfort her. But his 'rules' prevent me from making a decision to be there.
Well..... hopefully..... to be continued.
Dallas
Standing in line for 3+ hours for 5 sheets of plywood was not my idea of a great birthday, but at least the place is boarded up and we sit in wait of the 2nd hurricane to hit Florida in 2 months. That is a record that hasn't been matched since the 1940's.
This hurricane is huge and scary. I have been through my share of hurricanes but this one really is frightening. To think this could be the last entry I make in here is really sobering. There is so much debri all over town from the hurricane that just hit us... Charley that it will no doubt become part of the problem as far as projectiles ect. This is some scarey shit.
Last hurricane we were out electric for 5 days. I am hoping for the best. But I expect the worse. Not that I am being negative, I just am trying to be prepared.
3 dogs and a cat. Hmm, I have no choice but to stay here in my opinion. As my pompass ass father sits in his nice brick home we sit here in this manufactored target. Yes I was invited over to stay. But no pets. Not even in the garage. Why? They might scratch the car. What a crock. I offered to help protect the car and he says "these are my rules". So well, if I die I guess he can thank his rules for that. I have more respect for my pets lives I guess. They even have a dog.
I wonder... if their house was destroyed and they needed a place to stay if I would have 'rules' about their pet! I don't think I could be so cold. I think I would take in the pet first. Terrible but at this point it is the way I feel.
At least I got to take the motorcycle out today for a nice ride. Man the town is a mess. This is the closest I have been to feeling like it is the end of the world....at least by the things around me.
We have only hours before Frances makes landfall, and in a couple of days we will know were we stand. I have put anotherhole.com on 'alert' with a warning on the front page. This kind of thing just stops business.
It is alarming to see how easy it would be for us to be thrown back into the dark ages. I can only hope for the best. Even for my cold father. My poor mother is terrified. I would love to be there with her to comfort her. But his 'rules' prevent me from making a decision to be there.
Well..... hopefully..... to be continued.
Dallas