Earhquake...

Earthquake... What earthquake?

I went to Busch Gardens this afternoon with my Mom and nephew. They were busy and I was fussing about how far we had to park. We get on the tram and head to the entrance. We get in the park, stop at the restroom and go straight to Loch Ness Monster roller coaster which is closed. Then we head to another ride, which was closed. Strange, very strange. Then I remember when we walked in that they also were closing the skylift. All sorts of things are going through my head. Then I look on my phone and my sister had text me asking if we were ok. I responded, yeah why. It is not like her to be so concerned about us. At that moment one of the employees told me there had just been an earthquake. I was shocked. My sister said the hospital shook. Evidently , we were on the tram. Strange day. We went shopping in some of the shops we never go into. My nephew was fascinated by some magnetic rocks so I bought them. We spent about an hour at a picnic table playing with the rocks and eating lunch. We made the best of it until the rides re-opened. It was definitely a day to remember. Now every noise or vibration is freaking me out now. There have been some aftershocks but I have not felt them either.

We will get over this shock and now prepare for Hurricane Isabel which is projecting to hit us Saturday.

This song is in my  head..... It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.

Praise the Lord, we were spared..

Hurricane Earl turned and went out to sea and we were spared. We are experiencing a little rain this morning. Though when I say a little , I mean very little. It was sprinkling at 8 AM and my driveway is dry again already and it is 8:53.

I am very happy we were spared. We could have used a little more rain though. We have only had one good rain storm this summer. Other than that this has been a picture perfect summer for vacationing on the coast but if you live here it has been dry and hot. I mean hot, hot.

Preparations...

Hurricane Earl is making a threat to this area. So far we are only under a Tropical Storm Warning but depending on the path Earl chooses we could be right in his path.

So am I ready. Can you ever be ready 100%?

Water- yeppers, 3 cases of 32 16 oz bottles
Propane-yeppers , filled it yesterday
Food-yeppers , some , we have a freezer full that can be cooked on the grill should the power go out
Candles- yeppers, lots of them floating around the house
Flashlights-yeppers
Batteries- yeppers
Generator- yeppers, cranked it up yesterday
Gas-yeppers some


Last year a Tropical Storm came through with only flooding but it downgraded from a hurricane long before it hit here. This one is still a category 4 and is off the coast of Carolina now. We are an hour from North Carolina. Seven years ago Hurricane Isabel came through and we were without power for 9 days. I pray that does not happen again.

IN the mean time, I am heading out to take the swing down.

Toodles.