September 26, 2004

Same old same old here.

Took some pics when it was windy.

Some tree debris in the yard.
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The 60mph wind gusts. All that grey is rain. We got a lot of rain which knocked down a lot of loose branches.
Nothing much else happened here.

Oh, we watched an interesting anime movie. I'll post about that later.

September 26, 2004

All's well on the south western front.

We still have power and the rain is still coming down steady and the wind is gusting at about 60 mph.
There is a report that Robyn and family have lost power and don't expect to be back on anytime soon.
Not much else going on.
I think I may nap.
Oh, ex-roommate had to go to work on her birthday. I mean she was scheduled anyway but we thought the store would stay closed, all the other ones are but nooo, it's opening.

September 26, 2004

It's picture time!

The news people keep telling us to not go outside yet they are outside so we went to snap a few pics. All clickable for larger.

This is ex-roommate, the birthday girl. She is 25 today. Everyone say Happy Birthday ex-roommate!
I was going to spend today cooking her a birthday meal but Jeanne thwarted those plans so I had to just get a pre-made lasagna and a bakery german chocolate cake last night. I didn't want to be mid-soaking noodles and mid-baking a cake today and have the power go off. That woulda sucked. So, this winter, I will make it up to her with my home made, takes all day lasagna.
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This is Mark and ex-roommate standing in the rain watching twigs fly by.
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This is Sebastian and Mr. Die Hard Jogger man. He jogs every single day, rain or shine, hurricane or not.
He's fucking crazy.

September 26, 2004

We have had several power outages.

To save my precious little machine, I will be shutting it down after this post.
A transformer blew just down the street and who know when the next power surge will come.
Jenni has been notified that the emergency blogging system is now in effect and she will update here as needed.
We are all safe and sound and watching shit blow past us from the driveway.
Later days.

September 26, 2004

Morning 12.

I woke up about 20 minutes ago and stepped outside to dry ground and very little wind so I came back in and turned on the news and promptly lost ABC7s signal.
Within minutes, the wind outside picked up and the rains began.
No power flickers yet.
The weather guy did say we would start seeing things between 7-8am and boy, how was that for calling it?
The storm is getting closer to us and so we may lose power.
Everyone is sill sleeping here and not much else to report.
Later days.

September 25, 2004

I said I wasn't gonna blog about this bitch.

I lied.
The wind is crazy outside right now and the thing just made landfall on the east coast.
I was staring up at the moon and watching the clouds whip past it and cover and then uncover it.
I listened to the wind rustle the palms and then made a few minor adjustments to the outside objects and had ex-roommate bring in her bike.
No sense in ruining a perfectly good bike chain to rain.
Fixed the outside closet door and things like that.
I will be sleeping out here in the living room so that I can hear things better and keep an eye on things.
Stay safe those of you in it's path and hopefully, there will be power to see you all in the morning.

September 25, 2004

The panic has officially begun on the tv.

And because the temperature rises right before a storm, I have had to re-close all my windows and turn the air back on.
So far our area is still in the safe location.
Our EOC hasn't declared anything yet and the only evacs are for mobile homes.

Other than this, I am bored to death.

September 25, 2004

Ok, so I guess there is another hurricane coming.

I'm just so over it that I don't give a flying fuck anymore where it goes, what it does nor do I want to hear the newscasters broadcasting 24/7 about how catastrophic it's going to be.
I fully blame them for my stress and this twitch in my left eye everytime someone mentions hurricane.
I have canned food, bottled water and all kinds of crap food still saved up from the last 3 hurricanes.
That is all the fucking preparation I am doing.
I'll be blogging this weekend and I will only mention this bitch of a hurricane if she comes anywhere near me.