Our beach house has already been evacuated (it had a tenant), there was a mandatory evacuation for the area yesterday. I figure we will see how the place looks at the end of the storm and deal with the house then.
In the meantime, I've got my family to take care of. We live several miles away from the coast now so we are just going to ride out the storm at home. Not looking forward to being without power for days on end, but don't see a real need to evacuate just yet. We live a few miles away from an emergency shelter if things get really bad. Of course I'd rather pack everyone up and drive off to a vacation somewhere else but in reality it is not as easy as all that. The storm is expected to impact such a large area, where would we go? Besides, the roads are clogged up with all of the tourists and beach residents who Really Have to leave the area.
We have enough food and water stocked up so we won't starve, we've got cooking fuel for outdoor cooking, a couple bags of ice to help the fridge stuff last a little longer. Two full tanks of gas. Candles and flashlights. Meds. We pulled cash from the ATM so in case power is out we can make purchases.
Hoping we all make it through the storm safely, hopefully things will die down and it won't be as bad as it seems.
Sitting tight for Irene...
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Take care!!
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