He’s as prepared as he could be – he brought everything from outside indoors that he could and tied down everything else. And he rented a car, packed it with his stuff, and the dog’s stuff, and was getting ready to take to the road with the dog. He has all his plans set up. I told him just to keep in touch. He’s not planning on coming this far north if he can avoid it.

As for us? We got a downpour the other night and the room downstairs is still drying out. (The water comes in under the back door every time it rains hard.) If we get more, we get more. Not much we can do about it, unfortunately.

Isn’t it a good thing you didn’t convince your entire family to join you in Charleston? Now you have a safe place to stay.

Good luck getting the house ready for the storm. Don’t leave anything to chance, my friend.

Hope those fires don’t come too close. But even the smoke is bad. You definitely don’t want it to stain your beautiful clothing. Be safe, Valentine. And thank you for stopping by. Honey LOVES kitties.

“Even the Titanic had some problems…” You win the title of Queen of Understatement. 🙂

Thanks for thinking of us. A blogger with the exact same boat as ours is currently in Puerto Rico. If they come through okay, I’ll feel more confident all around.

Tell you what–we love landing at the free dock on Sister’s Creek in Jacksonville. The next time we come through, you need to stop by for margaritas in the cockpit. Agreed?

Definitely does not look like a good weekend for Myrtle Beach. It may be far enough North that it won’t be hit hard. But I’d expect a weekend of rain and wind. Yuck.

Usually I love having a Facebook feed filled with sailors and dog lovers. But I have to admit I’m feeling worn down with all the posts from worried sailors and pictures of destroyed marinas.

I wonder if I can tell Facebook to load my feed up more heavily with dog pics?

You’ll get your chance the next major snowstorm that comes through. 😉

I hope your brother is well prepared. Is he driving up to wait out the storm?

You will probably get some strong winds and rain yourself. Hope it isn’t too soggy.

The trick is to be vigilant to enough and not wait too long to move.

I am astounded at the number of sailors who wait and wait before taking their sails down or checking that their dock lines are secure. I guess they have good insurance? 🙂