You might have better luck by posting in the Northwestern Gardening Forum.

Thanks for thinking of us blfenton and thanks for all the well wishes. In RI here they declared a state of emergency this afternoon. Mandatory evacuations have already been issued. I'm very close to the water and the boats are all backed up waiting their turn to be hauled out of the water. No D batteries or bottled water left anywhere. Not a generator in sight. I don't have a generator but I'm all set with the rest. DD went shopping while I was at school yesterday:) What a great kid. We got kicked out of school early today (students don't start until Wed) so the custodial staff can secure the building. We are having astronomical high tides Sun, just in time for Irene. Storm surges. Flooding. Rip currents. For anyone in the path, I prefer the website www.wunderground.com (weather underground) to the other more commercial weather sites. I did turn on the weather channel but those forecasting nitwits (IMO) are all juiced up about this weather event. I swear it's like weather porn for them! Be safe, be careful, and be prepared! Forget the bread and milk (if your'e from the area you'll know what I mean) opt for the wine and cheese. We're gonna need it.

You are all always invited on all my hikes. Just let me know when you’ll be in Portland :-) Major hikes this year are St Helens in a few weeks, Broken Top in the Sisters wilderness in July, and the Enchantments of WA in August. Fewer hikes than usual because of a new addition to the family. Otherwise I would be in the Siskiyous right now ;-) I realized that I’ve been paying attention to this forum, on and off, for almost 20 years... that’s a long time! I think many of us have been posting together for nearly 2 decades and yet you all are still just about as anonymous as anyone else who posts. Ah the eternal anonymity of the web.

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