It's almost 7 am - the sky is lightening - looks like the beginning of a beautiful day - I took my dogs for a good walk because who knows when we'll be able to go out again. It's so calm it's hard to believe a storm is coming.

I lowered the pool in anticipation of the predicted rain. It would be awful to be flooded by our own pool! Then I fill the tub with water - for flushing toilets etc. (I guess - never done this before!) They just announced that the Home Depots would close at 8 am - last chance at plywood!

The scarey thing is one of the news station told us to take photos/video of our homes and possessions to document pre-storm conditions - so I'm going out to take a pic of my new roof - let's hope it lasts longer than 24 hours! I'm really trying to keep a sense of humor - right now that's the best approach!

We are high and dry for now! Hopefully I'll be writing more later!