Hurricane Matthew will be getting me.

I'm in Hialeah which is just outside the expected area of strongest storm but still it's likely to be 58 to 73 mph & since Hialeah has be criminally lax in replacing old utility poles I really doubt I'll have power (let alone internet) for a long time. (Last time there was a storm like this, I had no internet for more than a month.)

I've done what I can to prepare & am just taking a break before I go back out and try to finish bagging and cutting the tree limbs I cut from a huge tree in the front yard to minimize the chances of it falling on my house. Oh, good, there's a break in the rain. Shall go out again.

Anyway, I just mention this so if anything exciting happens with you guys personally or on the fandom front, maybe you'll make a note somewhere to tell me once I'm back.

Wish me luck!

Maybe no Matthew for me.

Not long after I posted expecting to soon be hit by hurricane Matthew (or at least the tropical storm winds on the fringes) it started edging westward.

I'd only had 4 hours sleep last night & then spent the day at hard labor, so I went to bed once my local weather website had my area downgraded to mostly precautionary 'stay safe, it might still get hairy'.

There's about 5 hours left of the Storm Warning in effect, but unless Matthew does yet *another* surprise move, I should be fine in the morning. I may celebrate by posting pics of critters then. :^)

Thanks for all the prayers and good luck wishes! I'm sure they helped.