I think about you & weather down there every day. And your little ducks,so cute, so messy!! But when they get big you will enjoy watching them so much. Storms sound scary, have you ever left your home because it looked really bad?? They arn't letting people back into New Orleans even tho they are a vet or some kind of service helper as no electricity. Paper said 10,000 stayed behind even tho told to leave, but 1 man is 80 yrs old & said he would be sleeping in his car again, some ran out of gas & money so easy to see why people chance a storm, leaving turns into a real hassle & roads are mess, Take care & prayers & safe thoughts that storms will turn & go out to sea as you don't need any rain, send it down the middle of state needs it, my girlfriend's pond has been dry for a yr. They water once a week. It's near Clearwater, I have to find my address book. "This to shall past"" & not soon enough, think Christmas!!....... Jan

Yikes! I will be praying for you folks down south! We are spoiled in Wisconsin. We never have to evacuate unless there is flooding. And where I'm at, we never have to do that. When the tornado sirens go off, we all run outside to watch for tornadoes ... they are that rare here in the Milwaukee area. We have had little tremors from a fault down in Illinois but it isn't enough to even knock anything over. We have gotten winds at speeds over 100 mph but they seem to uproot big trees and occasionally they fall on a house or car. I guess our only drawback is all the &*$# snow and cold we get in the winter.

For those of you in hurricane country, please stay safe and don't let all those gorgeous glass totems get broken!

The line up in the Atlantic is starting to look like it will be a long few weeks to say the least.
I'm not trusting Hannah to stay off the coast so I'm going out to put up the storm shutters this afternoon. That way I can go to work tomorrow and not worry about her turning in. I think since they are the clear ones and light comes in nicely I'll just leave them up for the rest of the season. Ike looks to be heading south of us and into the Gulf. It is just still to early to say for sure. Then we have, early to form into a Tropical Storm, Josephine and she is anyone's guess right now.
It is still wet from Fay and the regular afternoon showers, there is still flooding in the northern counties along the St Johns River/Waterway and sink holes opening up in several places.
It's a good thing my hair looks cute wind blown.
Living La vida LOCO
CT

I'll be thinking of all of my east coast friends as Hannah heads our way to Virginia!

Stay safe!
Marlene

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Sunnyca we left for Francis(2004) and headed to Pensacola only to discover she was on her way there! So we decided to visit my BRO in Tennessee.The ride home was horrible.A standstill to a crawl. No gas and they would NOT let you use rest rooms as there was no electic(for pumps I guess)Street signs and street lights were gone so we really felt lost.
When we got to out town the troopers stopped us and made us show ID then a helicopter followed us to our home to hover and shine light down.IT was very eeeeerie. We stayed for Jeanne which was way worse but we had spent so much $$$$$ on the first trip there was no choice.
luna ,at least you have basements to hide in for a tornado we do not have basements in Florida.
colored thumb I like the messy look also!
Marlene ,I agree there are a lot of states that will be impacted by at least ONE of these storms

Oddest thing seeing all those storms lined up in a row like that. I hope everyone is safe and the storms dissipate.
Nothing gets some of the stragglers out like handing them a permanent marker and telling them to write their name and SS on all their body parts while personnel lists tattoos and other identifying marks and takes their picture. This is what they do in my area. Still doesn't get to some of them,though.

The Weather Channel is now our most watched station,lol.
Stay safe.
Cherry

HANNAH is at her closest to me right now and it is just raining gently and breezy. The breezes started Thurs. afternoon and are so nice after the last few days of heat and humidity. I am going to spend the weekend tying down my shed and woodpile with the cargo net and making sure everything that would be considered a deadly projectile is taken care of. I think Ike will be kickin EAST COAST butt if the projections are close now.
Seems all I've been doing on my days off lately is get ready for a cane, then put stuff back. It is really a nice morning and I think I'll go out for breakfast before work today.
CT.

hmmm a cargo net will that hold a wood pile?
My windchimes woke me up this am . Grandson and i spent yesterday taking down blue bottles and putting pots inthe
garage. Bought 2 tanks of propane and some plywood.
I too love the breezes before a storm. Kind of Gods way of giving us nice weather to get all our Hurricane chores done. I have been making plans for Ike.
My 80 yr old dad will have to stay with me and my mom too. Funny thing is they are divorced so being locked up in the house with them together ought to be interesting.

We still have things put away, guess it will stay that way until the season is over. Still raining cats and dogs here. Saw the sun a few times since the big storm, but not much. The mold spores are loving it. I just came back from the emergency room, couldn't handle the cough and pain anymore. I have "acute laryngitis" "acute bronchitis", and it's viral, no antibiotics for it. And a kidney stone..bleh...we got to the emergency room at 10:45 last night and got home at 5:30 this morning. The ER was filled with people with the same horrible cough and sinus problems, must have something to do with the storms?? Anyway, you can smell the mildew in the air. ..going later to fill the prescriptions...I'll get to check out more crafts and things there :)

Take care, and watch out for the hurricanes!

Cherry

Cherry hope you feel better! That mildew and mold stuff is Bad news.We are still getting rain and hopeful since they say Ike has turned south a bit.Hope he stays that course.Most of the neighbors are boarding up already but we wait til the last minute since it may very well turn away.Preparing otherwise though!

Golden, your post made me smile at the thought of your divorced elderly parents locked up in your house with you.
Interesting might be an understatement. LOL.

Hope everyone stays safe, and your GJ treasures do too.
hugs, Karen

Cherry, Just wondered if Febreze fabric refresher with Allergen reducer would help get mold & mildrew out, I spray any room I'm going to clean 1 hr before i go in it. I have lot of allergies. Works for me, might help some there. Also use Lysol green apple spray is someone is sick at my folks & I haven't gotten their illnesses yet. Anyway stay safe & leave if it gets too bad. Goldenpond-you are really brave! Hope you have bedrooms long distance apart!!I wish you luck, you can't exactly get up & leave in middle of storm. You may have to demand a truce!! Jan

Looks like we may have dodged the IKE bullet.
As far as mold and mildew I would look into the air Purifier box with an ultra violet light.they are not cheap but those chemicals are toxic.