Hurricane Season

We spent much of the last week watching Ike, either virtually, with Jim Cantore and that cute Stephanie as our guides, or from a safe distance in the real world. In terms of hurricane preparedness, we are still a bit lacking, having gotten MOST of our documents together for the evacuation kit--but not having aquired a cute waterproof container like Petra's. For a while we had a couple hundred bux of cash on hand to spend on whatever one spends cash on while stuck in traffic, but we're busily exhausting that. (Fortunately, the bingo bag is in good shape bc E hit "the big one" last week at Bingo Castle in Fort Walton Beach.) No MRE's on hand, but plenty of booze (Wine World had a sale this weekend!). We know you're supposed to close off the venting of one's attic spaces before leaving town, but have absolutely no idea how to do so. Let's hope the hurricanes keep passing us by....