...my newly renovated, just moved into,
condo is in the path of this category four
hurricane and even though I don't want to be
there dealing with the storm, I don't relish
doing all the work of cleaning up after it..
oh, well....I chose to live there; as one woman
on the weather channel said today, "it's the price
of living in paradise; if you live by the water,
occasionally you're going to live in it..."


Update: I spoke to my neighbor in Florida and there
was no major flooding and only a few trees down; the
hurricane crossed Sanibel and Captiva Islands and that
kept the swell down below the predicted 20 feet over sea level.
My sister in law in Cape Coral reports only some loose soffit
and a high water over their dock; amazing since the Cape Coral
Hospital lost part of the roof....I'm putting on storm shutters
as soon as I get back...thanks for all your concern; and thoughts
to the people of Port Charlotte, where there was major damage...