Ready . .

We brought in all the containers and any loose things like plastic pots in preparation for the tropical storm headed directly at us.  It is a Category 1 hurricane in North Carolina and will reach us as a windy wet tropical storm, but not a hurricane.

But it is very big and it is very slow and the track consistently shows it coming smack over northwest Connecticut.  We turned the deck chairs upside down, brought in the umbrella, and put the glass panel back in the porch door.

This will be a flooding event, and to be safe, after Katrina, NYC has shut the subways, and airports from DC to Boston are closing (Becky has to get out of Dulles today to get to Zurich, and I am sure her flight is canceled.)  New York has mandatory evacuations for areas near docks at riverside.

But boarding up the windows?  C'mon, that is excessive.  The realty company is spending all morning today putting plywood over the windows on the empty house next door.  A year on the market, uninhabited.  There were interested buyers before I left for Santa Fe, but I don't know if they made an offer.  This looks like the company has given up and declared it abandoned.

I really hope they will come back after the storm and take down the plywood.

We are ready.  There is kind of an excitement, waiting for the winds to pick up and the rain to start.  It is gray and overcast this morning.  It should come over us tonight and tomorrow.  A big slow mover.

It reminds me of waiting for a blizzard, watching out the window to see the snowflakes start!