Oh thank you for your good wishes! We made it through the night with minimal damage; only part of the front porch roof blew off. But it is no fun sitting there listening to the wind and hearing your roof creak. Hurricane Iselle was downgraded to a Tropical Storm about 40 miles offshore, but we still had torrential downpours (4 inches an HOUR at times). Some people got 12 inches in a few hours. And we didn't lose power! But our place was relatively calm, other areas were hit quite badly and suffered massive power outages (still out) and roads are blocked with trees and downed power lines. And the kitties are okay. They were so spooked that one of them actually let me pet him. They didn't wanna go outside this morning, but they're getting their nerve back. And they've decided they like being house cats, haha, because they keep running back inside to say hello.

And now we have another hurricane, a Category 3 one, bearing down on us, due to arrive in a couple of days. So we're leaving the windows boarded up. But it's far to the north, so I don't think it'll hit us. But no one thought Iselle would hit us either, so it pays to be careful.

thank you so much for your kind thoughts and hugs!