The Hurricane has started to make a turn to the Philadelphia area.  It has been raining all night long.  I have no idea how much has fallen, but it has been steady.  The bulk of the rainfall will be this afternoon and tonight.  This afternoon the wind will be picking up and trees, with there wet and soppy roots, will begin falling and the power will go out.  The power crews will not be going out until the winds are reduced.

I just watched a wind expectation map.  I should be seeing gusts up to 50+ MPH.  The cool thing was seeing the eye come across the area, and right over Chester County, where I live.  It may be a scary storm, but if that happens, it might be very interesting.  I will let you know.

For now, I have power.  Molly and I have plenty of water available, lots of flashlights and books to read.  I will keep you as informed as I am able.  My cell phone has a hot spot, but that uses a great deal of the battery power, so until the generator goes into use, I will not fire that up.  But once the storm passes and before the power is restored, I will still try to post from time to time.

For those of you who know where I live and are concerned about my becoming stranded, I had a phone call this morning from a friend who lives in Parkesburg.  Willie worked with my late husband and has checked on me from time to time and done favors from time to time as well.  He called to say I was more than welcome to come pound on his door, at any time of the day or night, should I need a place to go.  I am hoping I will not need that to happen, but it warmed my heart to know that I could.  I am so blessed with people who really keep me in their thoughts.