Hurricane Ike Update 1

The mister is standing on a ladder screwing big sheets of plywood to upstairs window frames. He’s had 3 and a half hours of sleep in the last 48.  The mrs. can’t watch.

The sky is cloudy. The weatherman says we’re taking a direct hit. Our county has issued a mandatory evacuation. The phone rings with relatives and friends wanting to know if we’re staying. Yes indeed. We’re high and you can’t run from the wind.

 Our relatives, fleeing from the storm surge, are here and settled in the gameroom. The last little Brz chickling decided to come home, thank goodness, and is safely ensconced in the bed next to her younger sibling. We’re washing dishes and running laundry trying to get ahead of the inevitable once the electricity goes out. JoJo paces about, whining at whoever will listen.

It’s all quite surreal…

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