Posted by Partlycloudy on August 18, 2008, at 9:59:06
There's a storm approaching and we are doing our preparations for it. Put up our storm shutters, bought two years ago but have had no need of them until now. We wouldn't be going through this process right this moment if my DH wasn't going out of town tonight - but I'm kind of glad that we're doing it. It took 2 hours to shutter our two sliding glass doors :-/
I have water, flashlights, batteries, ice, crank-powered radio, prescriptions, gas in the car. The cat and I are booked into a hotel on higher ground if we're to be evacuated (you won't need to tell me twice).
Yesterday I looked at the enormous coffee table book, "After The Flood", I have that recorded the devastation that Katrina wrought on New Orleans. Although this storm is nothing as powerful, the visual reminder of nature's power was something that helped spur us into taking the precautions that we've done so far.
I took a Xanax too. Will use them as I need them.
I am optimistic that this exercise will be our practice drill - that Fay will pass us by as so many other storms have done in the past. We've been lucky, nothing but lucky, so far. But this is the first time I've taken the preparedness steps seriously.
nervous
PartlyCloudy (the sun is shining right now!)
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