Waiting for things to happen is the big news here at the moment. We’re waiting to see what Fay will do, waiting to see what Fay will bring, waiting to see what Thursday will bring.
The good news, despite my extreme dislike of waiting, is that the NHC has let the Hurricane Watch expire. Northeastern Florida is now only(?!) under a tropical storm warning.
Outside, the air is humid. It’s not all that hot, actually, but it is oppressively humid. The skies are gray and to the East, we can see the defined clouds of the storm. The winds are steady but not particularly strong at the moment. We are far enough inland that we won’t feel the full force of Fay’s winds, in any case.
I guess I’m somewhere in between the panicking people and the apathetic people as far as preparing for the storm. I’m worried about the storm, but I feel that we have most of the practical preparations made. We did pick up some more water, because we only store so much unless a threat is imminent. We did that before the Hurricane Watch was posted yesterday, though. We always keep a fairly well stocked freezer and pantry, but we also picked up some canned soups to supplement what we have. We brought in our lawn furniture and I will be pulling my patio plants before too long.
There are still some preparations I need to get done, but I’ve been tired and draggy all day so I haven’t been moving very quickly on anything. The adrenaline impetus of a hurricane watch is gone now, and I’m falling back towards the apathetic side of the waiting.
Here’s to Fay, in all her fickle and fraying glory. Hopefully, she’ll treat the First Coast kindly.
