Batten the hatches!

Ice - I could yes, but I'll be at the house, she'll be at the hotel with most of the animals. Beagle is staying with me. You know in case I gotta rescue someone..

Snowbirds - We're not a destination for the two legged snow birds unless it's a real warm winter. Even then tho, our winds get whipping an bring in that cold air at night. Plus..we lack tall buildings, so again...their exposed to the wind an cold once night falls. So they usually just past us an head straight to FL, or out west to AZ, etc etc. Thankfully my tourist season is only 3 to 4 months.

Evacuations - Not yet. They were in the process of starting one for Hatteras and Ocracoke, but then decided to left it. FL and SC seem to be the big targets for the storm. For us it can still go either way, right now everything shows it coming right up to my area but then hooks a right an u turns back down to FL. I've learned one thing over the years with these things...things can change real fast. Right now I think their calling for about 8 inches of rain, and wind. I expect to at lest see tropical force winds...which is 50+ I think. SC has been evacuating since Tuesday if I recall right.

Photobombing/running naked/other crazy antics - No thank you. One...that rain is cold. The wind sucks an you'd likely not get far running unless it was with the wind, an then you'll most likely be flying. Plus..the news people are all down in FL and SC trying to one up each other. And...I don't like the news people. They lie. An I'm talking the weather people not the news news people. Al Roker was a big jerk. Cantore...don't get me started. There's a reason he doesn't come down here anymore. Heh. I'll admit to being crazy, but I'm not suicidal so I'll just chill out in the house emptying the cooler, an playing cards with the beagle. lol.

All the news guys came down one year, an they stayed at the wife's hotel. What I learned was this...



They spray themselves with water an have fans going if nature isn't cooperating when they need to do a live action shot. An yes I saw it with my own eyes. Spray an buckets of water. I also had to help fix the rooms they allowed to get all messed up. They'd go in the ocean side rooms an leave the balcony doors open. Doesn't seem like a big issue till you the person/company having to spend the money to fix 15 rooms that are now out of order an can't be rented till their fully dry an cleaned. Grrr.

An finding out Al Roker is a **** in real life is like finding out Santa is on a sex offender list. Or Jesus is running a meth lab. Heh.

Sorry for the long post...but now I don't have to post 6 times! Work smart, not hard!

Best wishes to ya folks south of me in SC, GA, and especially FL. Keep yer heads down an stay safe.

Sirscrapalot - No quote..but a video!