Or so it would seem at Walmart this morning. I went to pick up diapers and encountered the chaos that is ensuing. It was the same three years ago with Rita. People running around with carts full of water and Progresso Soup. Thank goodness for food storage! I have to admit the feeling of mass panic is a bit contagious though. I grabbed a case of the very quickly disappearing water as well.
There are a bunch of counties issuing mandatory evacuations. We are not in that category. We are inland enough that our major concerns are winds. We are expected to get 75-100 mph winds in our area. There is also the worry of flooding if the storm "rests" too long in our area dumping rain. Our power lines are underground so we are hoping power outage for us will be minimal. Anyways we are ready to leave if we have to. The 72 hours kits will be in the car ready to roll.
We evacuated for the last storm that was projected to come our way (Rita). But only because we got a call from our High Priest group leader telling us that the Stake President wanted anyone who could leave to go. It was crazy on the roads. I think it was a "practice round". And sent the message to be prepared to all of us!
Hope everyone else is experiencing some nice weather in their own neck of the woods. I heard is was nice and cool in UT. Lucky ducks.
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AHHH IKE sucks! I can totally identify with you. When Ike was headed our way last week, all we had to do was get regular gorceries (in case we didn't get the hurricane)and topped off my car.
We never evacuate and never flood- do you have shutters? Is your house made of wood?
We have shutters and our house is solid concrete block.
Don't worry you will be fine.
The kids may get stir crazy from listening to the howling wind, especially if you are shuttered up. And the gusts should be few and far between. I was just talking to a friend who flew thru one IKE last week in the hurricane hunter plane. Best of luck, post so we know you have electricity!
- Sidney
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