Book Board Chat

Good morning. Thought I'd check in before we lose power here. Rain and wind gusts started around 7:30 this morning, already a few branches down.

Had to call the owners of the unit next to us to come and clean up what their tennants didn't do before they left town. Left bicycles out, about 25 various flower pots, a folded up dog crate etc. Since we have propane tanks outside, mother was very worried of flying metal objects smacking into them. Owner of the unit was not happy I guess since we saw he threw the bicycles into the woods..oh well.

Norfolk Fire and rescue was called this morning to rescue two people and a cat who where at anchor 400 ft from shore in a SAIL boat. The winds and surf was to rough that they couldn't use helicopter or motor boats to reach them, so did it the "old fashioned" was with a rope cannon. The boat is laying on shore now, and I certainly hope these idiots will be charged the full cost of the rescue.

We are expecting the worst of the storm here between 6pm and midnight, although it looks like there is a slight shift to the east which will get us a bit farther away from the highest winds which are now predicted to be around 75 mph for our location.

Lots of People about 20 miles south of us have already lost power, but since we are on the same power grid as the local hospital here, we are hoping we won't be without for too long.

The one thing I have found that we do NOT have is a battery powered radio. I know we had one, but apparently mother threw it in the trash a while back because "we never used it". Too late now to try and find one now.