Hurricane Iselle

[epistasthai]

Well, we've two hurricanes headed towards my home. The other islands get hurricanes but historically, there's never been a hurricane make landfall on my island. But now, almost certainly, a hurricane is going to make landfall. Hurricane Iselle is due to hit in the next few hours. I've boarded up the windows and taken in everything that isn't nailed down. Filled up the bathtubs, several 5 gallon buckets, and hauled in 30 galleons of potable water. We've our own water system, so I'm not worried about not having water (unless our tank gets damaged by some flying debris). And my hubby is boiling soybeans (yum) from my Father-in-law's garden, and some Okinawan purple sweet potatoes (from the garden as well), to munch on when the power goes. (yes, we've lots of tinned/packaged/ready-to-eat foods, but those purple sweet potatoes and soybeans are delicious anytime). We live up the mountain so high surf or storm surge isn't a problem, but high winds are. I hope my roof stays put. (sorta kidding). Anyway, the power is almost certainly gonna go out, so I might not be online for a while.  I don't mind not having power, it happens all the time here anyway (we're smack in the middle of the Pacific, and well,  things happen). I just don't like not being able to get online, haha.

Everyone's kinda spooked, because hurricanes have always veered off or broken up before they hit my island. (and then they go on to hit the other islands). So they've no idea what to expect when one does hit here, because there's simply no data to be going on. The cats are spooked as well, and keep following me around. They're feral and not house pets, so I know they're spooked. But they're good company. (and so cute!)

To top it off, this morning at 6:30am-ish, we had a small earthquake (4.5). Not big but enough to feel.

Hopefully the hurricane will fizzle out, but so far it's not. I've got some good books to read for the duration, yay!

Wish me luck!

Comments

[nbsiren.livejournal.com]

Stay safe and let us know how you are when it's over~

[epistasthai.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for your thoughts! We made it through the night - the hurricane was downgraded to a tropical storm (only 70 mph winds instead of 75). But with gusts of up to 90 mph, it's still a problem. We only lost a bit of roof, and the kitties are safe, and we did not lose power!

There's a Category 3 hurricane bearing down on us, due to arrive in a day or two, so we're leaving the windows boarded up. It's probably gonna veer off north. But then everyone thought this one would veer off and it didn't. (and it was only a Category 1).

[nbsiren.livejournal.com]

Hope you can quick patch your roof or at least secure a cover over the part you lost so you won't get water damage from the 2nd incoming storm.

[epistasthai.livejournal.com]

Yes, my husband is out there now, sussing out the damage. All the neighbours band together to help, so that's good. And even if that second hurricane doesn't hit us, we'll still get lots of rain and wind and power outages.

The schools are all closed, so at least there's lots of happy kids, haha.

[nbsiren.livejournal.com]

lol yeah until they have to make up the school days :P