HURRICANE DAMAGE in our 'HOOD

Wind

The wind has started picking up a bit. This picture is from about 4 hours ago. We've been out socializing with our neighbors. It resembles a huge block party. Meeting people we've never met. One neighbor has an English Mastiff. He's HUGE. Weighs in at 180 pounds. I'm jealous. My Bull Mastiff, Scratch, looks tiny next to him. Crazy. The trees are moving a little and it looks as though the eye will hit Galveston soon but we're still several hours away from anything too exciting. Back to the block party. There are about 12 adults, 8 kids and several dogs. Scratch was out with us but he's had enough socializing and he's in napping. Sunshine took the opportunity to have the backyard to herself. She was burying bones. Now I'm putting them both to bed for the night so David and I can play freely.

Hurricane A Comin'

Looks as though our area will see some high winds, rain and possible POWER OUTAGES. This Northern Girl isn't excited about the prospects of no A/C for even a few hours never mind days. David and I are home and we are going to stay home. We aren't bailing but we have stocked up on water and we'll keep you posted as long as we have power and I can get on the Internet. We aren't concerned about much but we are planning on having no electricity. Keeping that in mind, we will have our cell phones fully charged but we probably will not be using them as we will be reserving them for an emergency (that will hopefully, not arise). Nothing like a little excitement to keep life hopping. My entire office building is going to be closed and David won't be working either so we're going to "camp" in our house with our pups and our pistols. =-)