Update: Tropical Storm Iselle
Hurricane Tropical Storm Iselle has come and gone. Thanks for all the good wishes and hugs! Hurricane Iselle was downgraded to a Tropical Storm about 50 miles offshore. So when it made landfall, it was a Tropical Storm instead of a hurricane. It wasn't as bad as I feared it would be, but we still had sustained 70 mph winds with gusts up to 90 mph. So lots of downed power/phone lines, and trees. I spent an anxious 8 hours or so worrying about my roof flying off. It barely held on with only a corner of the porch roof coming off. Thank goodness it held. And my neighbours came out all right, as well. None of our water systems were damaged from flying debris. ( I was half -expecting something to fall on our water tank and collapse it, but fortunately that didn't happen. In the next few days, we'll have to inspect it more thoroughly, but for now it seems okay). And we didn't lose power, although there's rolling blackouts today and perhaps tomorrow, until the electric company can repair all those downed lines. I have to hand it to them, they are out in all kinds of rain and wind, trying to repair the storm damage. And we got rain up to 4 inches an hour for several hours.
The kitties managed fine, although one of them got too curious and fell into the bathtub full of water. I found some paw prints on the tub and a puddle of water by the tub. That one decided to dry off on my bed; fortunately I had a sheet over it so my bed didn't get wet. (I love cats but am allergic to cat fur). They were very scared at the height of the storm, and actually wanted me to pet them. (they're feral, so they usually don't wanna be touched). And this morning when I opened the door, they didn't want to go outside. Today they've spent the day running in and out and in and out.
The second hurricane is moving far to the north, and we should only get rain and wind, but not the actual storm, this weekend. Hopefully, that is. We're leaving the windows boarded up just in case, haha.
I'm going to bed early as I didn't go to bed at all last night.
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The kitties managed fine, although one of them got too curious and fell into the bathtub full of water. I found some paw prints on the tub and a puddle of water by the tub. That one decided to dry off on my bed; fortunately I had a sheet over it so my bed didn't get wet. (I love cats but am allergic to cat fur). They were very scared at the height of the storm, and actually wanted me to pet them. (they're feral, so they usually don't wanna be touched). And this morning when I opened the door, they didn't want to go outside. Today they've spent the day running in and out and in and out.
The second hurricane is moving far to the north, and we should only get rain and wind, but not the actual storm, this weekend. Hopefully, that is. We're leaving the windows boarded up just in case, haha.
I'm going to bed early as I didn't go to bed at all last night.
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