Preparing for a HURRICANE???

Below is a map of the projected path of Hurricane Sandy.  She is currently off the coast of Florida but expected to slide up the coast before it get sucked into land between two other dominating systems, a strong cold front that might have brought us snow, were it not for Sandy and a very strong High sitting off the coast.  Those two systems are forming a void between them and are quite literally going to pull the Hurricane from the Atlantic onto land.  Without those systems in place, this storm would stay out in the ocean.  Instead, the weather folk in the area are talking “epic”, “historical”. “Record-breaking”, “the perfect storm”!  Yikes!!!!!!!!!

 

My weekend plans were to go to Indian Acres tonight, enjoy a quiet evening and spend a leisurely day tomorrow packing up some more stuff to bring home in preparation to sell my house there.

Instead, I have been preparing to weather this “epic” storm here.  Danny & Marji drove up from Maryland today and helped me set up a small generator that will allow me to watch my TV once the power goes out (“they” say it might be weeks before power is restored) as well as be able to charge my cell phone or use it’s hot spot to access the internet as long as my IPad stays charged.  We have certainly become so dependent on electricity these days.  I then picked up medicine for my dog, Molly, medicine for me, supplies for the generator and, oh yes… food.  I was out at the local Wal-Mart watching loaves of bread, eggs and milk being hauled in every cart.  Lots and lots of French toast in the future of those folks.

I can cook on my stovetop as I cook with propane.  I can also heat my house with a small, ventless propane heater in the living room.  The cold front that is helping bring Sandy to us is supposed to be dropping the temps to a frigid level, but I will be fine.  So as long as the house sustains no damage, I will remain safe and warm until things get back to normal.

I will head to Indian Acres for the day tomorrow.  I will be washing out sinks and tubs.  I will be shutting down the refrigerator, and bring home some more stuff, but I will be back home tomorrow night and getting ready for Sandy.

Good thoughts and Prayers would be appreciated.  This is really scary!