Here We Go...

Tropical storm force winds will be hitting in the next hour or two. The peak of the storm will be sometime around 2am tonight. The rain just started as I was writing this, so Channing and I will probably go jump in the pool for a bit then take cover for real. We have 40 minutes until they shut the water off, so the tubs are filled and we're getting our last washings done. Final toilet flushings too...



This morning we parked my car on the Bypass behind the Winchester-Swann. It's a whole 4 feet above sea level, so it's the highest elevation readily available. Obviously I wasn't the only one with that idea. The entire bridge (and "bridge" is a rather generous term) is packed with cars waiting for the storm to hit.



The glass bottom boat I work on is out of the water too, hiding behind the bypass. They've removed the canopy and filled it with water and sandbags to make it heavier. For Dean last year they kept it floating in the canal, filled it with seawater to make it heavier, and dropped about 10 anchors off it to keep it from migrating. Somehow that seems the safer course of action to me, but hopefully Gustav will be a quick, minor flyby. Doesn't look like it, but who knows. Either way, it's time for us to hunker down too. After a quick dip in the pool, that is.