After making all the preparations we could for the arrival
of the expected category two hurricane Isaac, it veered to the west and is
making life unpleasant for parts of Louisiana and Mississippi. It is officially a hurricane and will no doubt
bring misery to many. So far we have had
some rain and moderate wind, but nothing severe. We are currently caught up in
one of the outer bands and we just finished a tornado warning period with no tornado
landing on us, but did spend some time in an interior room without windows. Victoria was not amused, nor for that matter,
grandma either. The forecast is for higher winds and more possible tornadoes
through at least tomorrow. By this time tomorrow we will hopefully be in the
clear of the worst weather.
Our daughter and her family spent last night and today with
us and may yet have to spend tonight as well.
Her school district has decided to hold classes tomorrow, despite the
fact that our highest forecast winds are due tomorrow, so she may have to go to
work from here. I sure hope they know
what they are doing. All other surrounding districts remain closed
We installed the new style hurricane covers that come with
new build homes, which are required by Florida rules. They go up pretty easy and our made of some
hopefully strong fiber cloth. I am a bit
dubious that they can provide as much protection as old fashioned plywood.
This afternoon we had a very warm heavy rain shower that
Victoria just loved.
We remain hopeful that we have avoided the worst of this
storm and will be able to hit the road for Georgia the end of this week to
visit our grandson and his family.
14 comments:
Glad you had a photo of those hurricane covers. I saw them on some homes on TV but had no idea what they were.
Looks like everyone was trying to make the best of it. So glad it missed you all.
glad to see you've battened down the hatches. Don't know if those window covers will do much, they look pretty flimsey. Hopefully you get missed by the worst if Isaac and don't have to give them the acid test.
Good luck!
Glad you didn't take a direct hit from Isaac!
Glad you seem to have been skimmed over & things appear well. those look like some fancy window coverings..
Glad to see that you were well prepared and so far no effects of the storm have come your way.
thankfully it looks like you guys dodged a bullet with this one:) hurricane "season" is THE reason we left the gulf coast & will not retire anywhere near it. at this age life is too short to worry for five months every year about the latest tropical depression headed into the gulf. up here in the pacific NW we only have to worry about the unexpected earthquake or maybe a vocano erupting. - corrie & dan
glad to see you are prepared!..Victoria looked like she had fun 'playing in the rain'!
Victoria is growing up so fast - she sure is a beautiful little girl!
Glad to hear Isaac didn't hit you guys head on even though those tornado warnings and heavy rains must be bad enough.
Sure hope New Orleans doesn't get swamped again.
Glad to hear that Isaac gave you a break from the really bad stuff ... I'd never heard of the covers until I saw them on this post; interesting concept.
Glad to see Isaac bypassed you with the worst of his wrath.
Victoria is just a doll!
Those nasty hurricanes! Hubby is from the Gulf coast and wants to settle there when we get tired of fulltiming. M? Not so much.
Glad you made it through with little discomfort.
Glad that Isaac steered away from you folks!
Ugh - be safe during the weather.
The hurricane covers look like a good idea - bullet proof vests are also made of fabric ;-)
It must be some comfort to have your daughter and grand-daughter with you.
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