Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!

Rage, blow,
You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout
Till you have drenched out steeples, drowned the cocks!
You sulph'rous and thought-executing fires,
Vaunt-couriers of oak-cleaving thunderbolts,
Singe my white head; and thou all-shaking thunder,
Strike flat the thick rotundity o'th'world,
Crack nature's moulds, all germens spill at once
That makes ingrateful man.

--King Lear, Act 3, scene 2

This passage seemed appropriate. Ike's a-comin'!

So school is cancelled tomorrow and Friday. I'm not under evacuation yet, but if it gets above a 3, it's recommended for where I am. But I'm still not leaving. Here's my hurricane preparations...

1) Water. I have 2 cases of water - one for drinking and one that I've frozen in case my electricity goes out. Hell, who am I kidding. It's frozen for WHEN my electricity goes out. That way maybe my frozen raw chicken can last a bit longer.

2) Batteries. Check. And luckily my cell phone and iPod can charge in my car without the car being on.

3) Electronics - Radio is good, laptop will be charged and so will my camera. I plan on taking lots of pictures.

4) Food. I went to the store specifically for canned goods this weekend just in case. Now I don't have to fight the people buying stuff now.

5) Work. I have grading to finish, exams to make.

6) Pets. They're at Mom's.

7) Candles. Check. They're vanilla scented, so they'll also keep my apartment smelling good.

I haven't been through a hurricane since 1983's Elisha. Allison was just a tropical storm. This storm oughtta be a good one!

I'll keep you posted as long as my laptop will work.

Cheers!