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!

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[epistasthai.livejournal.com]

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!