Matthew arrives tonight

From http://www.wunderground.com (Weather Underground)
Notice the little red dot in the picture above? My home is about 35 miles east of it.
In case you’re not following the hurricane, this is what it looked like at 5:00 pm Eastern time:
We’re in line to get the ugly reddish, purplish, pukey blob on the top left.
The forecasts go from 30 – 50 MPH winds all the way up to 90 MPH winds with 100% rain (as if there were any doubt).
Traffic going toward the center of the state is so heavy I thought I was in Jacksonville — except that we have a LOT more trees. Then my son called to say that the population of Georgia just increased by 2 million people, all fleeing Matthew’s visit.
Windows are shuttered, we have gallons of water, and I’m finishing up the last of the wash before Matthew knocks on our front door.
- The best case scenario is that this stormy drama is overblown.
- Worst case is that we’ll be without power for a week.
If I don’t post for a few days, you’ll know why.
I don’t have any new pictures of the storm yet, and since it’s coming after dark, I doubt I’ll have anything but blackness or light bulb flashes to show for it.
After calling and calling Coon Cat, I gave in and opened a can of cat food. That’s gets him inside every time.
At present, this is how concerned OBCC is over a mere hurricane:
He’ll probably be laying across my face when the winds start to howl.
stay safe.
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Thanks. ♣
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Stay safe!! We have family who have evacuated from Florida and South Carolina.
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This is quite a storm, and a record breaker in many ways. I hope that your family is able to arrive back to an intact home.
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It’s scary and they’re saying this is one for the record books. I hope all is well with you and yours.
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Bunker down and stay safe. Hoping it isn’t as bad as they are saying!
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Thanks. We’re hoping it isn’t as bad, either.
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Reblogged this on O LADO ESCURO DA LUA.
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Good luck and stay safe! My prayers are with you.
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Be safe! We will all be waiting to hear how you made it through the storm.
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I pray that it doesn’t live up to the hype..
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For my 4-footed companions who would be frightened by the clatter, I do too.
Thanks.
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I hope we hear from you soon so we know you are okay!
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Stay safe. Send word when you can.
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It’s 4:22am and the electricity is still on. Since the last report I looked at said the winds were supposed to be up to 90MPH, we should’ve been in the dark already.
I just checked the weather report. The hurricane is now a category 3 (earlier than predicted) and we are predicted to have gusts up to 50MPH instead of 90MPH! The hurricane looks like it’s moving eastward.
It’s hard to know what is going to happen in the next few hours, but I’m hopeful.
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Well stay safe. It sounds terribly frightening!
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I stopped by to let you know that I’ve been thinking about you and praying for your safety. St. Augustine and Melbourne were my favorite places to go when I visited Florida. They both look very scary on the news coverage. Please continue to post as you can, so we know you are well. Laine
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It’s great to hear from you. Thanks for the prayers. So far, the electricity is still on, the hurricane looks like it’s moving east earlier than expected and it’s no longer a category 4. So far, so good. 🙂
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Good to hear you are safe 🙂
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I wish you well. I’ve been in your place before in 2004-05. Saw many Florida cars heading out yesterday.
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The storm is now in line with Daytona Beach.
So far, we’ve seen rain and winds that are about 30MPH. It’s the people in lowlands (flooding) and on the coast (storm surge) that will be affected the most. Unless a tornado pulls my roof off, the house should live to weather another storm.
Thankfully, we aren’t going to get 90MPH winds if this pattern remains. What it decides to do in an hour, no one knows. But we have electricity for now.
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So glad to see your last post here 2 hours ago that you still have electricity and the winds were not as bad. This has been scary watching, so I can only imagine being there in it. So many Blessings for safety go out to you and all!
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We were exceedingly fortunate. FPL promised to be mobilized for the storm. We had several flickers and lost power only once for a few minutes.
The people on the coast are the ones getting hammered.
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I am so glad you and others are ok, but my heart goes out to those that are not. Blessings to you, hold steady. 🙂
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I agree. I feel badly for people who have lost so much.
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hello floridaborne its dennis the vizsla dog hay i am glad to heer that yoo hav ridden the storm owt okay just like in that song by the wunse faymus minstrels reo speedwagon kalld riding the storm owt wot wuz abowt riding the storm owt!!! stay sayf down their!!! ok bye
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Thanks. 🙂
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