Hunkered Down

It's about 8:15. Though you may be seeing images of high winds, rain, and rising waters along the coast, up here in Spring we still haven't had a drop of rain. The winds are starting, but you can still comfortably go outside. It was loud enough that during his bath Danny kept asking, "What's that?" about the strengthening winds outside. "That's the wind. There's going to be a big storm tonight." "Boom boom boom." Evidently he's related the big storm to the volcano. Close enough. We put him to bed in our closet so he's on the first floor with no windows. My sister and her kids headed up to Dallas to stay with friends, but Rex had to stay close because of work. Their A/C went out last night (unrelated to the storm) so he's staying at our house. The majority of people in our area have stayed - we are far enough north and inland that there was not a mandatory evacuation. We are planning on some power outages, but in our area don't anticipate flooding. Winds will probably be the most frightening part of the storm up here - we are grateful that there aren't any large trees near our house. Likely Matt, Rex, and I will stay up late to keep tabs on what's happening. Maybe we'll play a little Wii while we wait for Ike to truly arrive.