Oh Irene!

[Heather & Brinkley]

Anyone else on the East Coast about to get smacked by Hurricane Irene?  I live in Portsmouth/Virginia Beach, Va and it's coming for us!  My husband is currently in Boston for is Physician Assistant interview so I'm home alone.  Thankfully my parents are in the area but I hate this time where I constantly check the weather updates trying to make an educated decision on what to do. Prior to Irene threatening to make an appearance, my husband was supposed to drive into town on Friday evening; sleep and rest from the drive on Saturday and then he and Brinkley were going to take a road trip to to TN to visit his parents.  I was originally supposed to go until DH's interview got schedule right in the middle of when we had originally planned to drive to TN.  Now I think DH is going to swing into town Friday night and leave in the middle of the night Friday/Saturday early morning.  

 

I really wish Irene would go out to sea!  Anyone else making preparations for this beast?

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

We are further up in PA. Stay safe! I hope it passes you by!

[Ginny Nightingale]

We have been changing plans all day--we were supposed to drive a moving truck from upstate NY to NYC to move my daughter on SUNDAY--too scary! We hired a moving guy for next Tuesday--I'd rather be safe than sorry!

This could be a whopper, but I sure hope not! Good luck to ALL on our coast!

[Heather & Brinkley]

Yikes-- sorry your plans were delayed.  Stay safe!

[F, Calla & Luca]

Tomorrow is take in everything day. Mayor Bloomberg really made it sound very scary with all the emergency plans NYC is taking. Evacuating low lying nursing home, no subway service etc. Even after Calla ate half a pint of spaghetti sauce I'd just made and inadvertently left in her reach when I went to answer the phone, we are well stocked. Backup generator is getting an extra blessing tonight. I got 2 reverse 911 calls from our police dept. today about the storm. And so it goes.

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

That cracks me up that Calla ate the sauce.....not sure my guys would even like it.  These sneaky Doodles!

[Rose Ann and Amante]

Calla is she Italian???

[Elizabeth, Bailey & Bruin]

We live in Jacksonville, FL  and are starting to get some outer bands of rain...We are so lucky that it has turned away from us.

 

Praying for the east coast tonight.  I hope everyone stays safe and sound...

[Jennifer,Chloe & Myla]

Heather-sorry you are home alone, I hope it won't  hit around you-stay safe=we're thinking of all you!

[Donna K & Quincy]

Stay safe, it`s not supposed to hit us until early next week if at all.

[Ali & Sonny D.]

We live on Long Island in NY. Thankfully not in a low lying area but we got extra water, batteries and flashlights readily available, should we need them. We are putting away all the backyard furniture etc.. tomorrow. Better to be safe than sorry.

[Joe R.]

We're just north of you Heather in Southern Maryland. We're expecting it to come up the bay into our area. We did a little stocking up tonight. Unfortunately my wife will have to deal with it on her own. I'll be at work(Fire Dept.) on Friday and Sunday and possibly Saturday if some folks call off because they don't want to get held over on Sunday.

[Christy and Yoda]

Joe, I hope you and Linda and the doods stay safe!  Batten down the hatches!   BTW...can't wait to play your boys on the 11th :)