Hurricane Rick's a-comin!

Living here, we monitor the weather sites, and have our own weather station.

Although we don't expect a "serious" event, who the f..k knows what will occur!!

We took a bit of time this afternoon and took down all of our hanging things, glass, plant and just general ornamental stuff. We also have a few banners and other things that hang. We decided to take them down today so that if/when it arrives, we can concentrate on serious things, like potted plants. Our outdoor furniture is easy to grab in the dark in the wind. We used to do it regularly in So Califorina, but it was cold then, and here it won't be. We have a plan.

The weather here is fun!!! We live in the tropics and have planned for extreme weather. It looks like this won't be a BIG one, but we are ready.

We hope to hit the beach early Saturday, at our usual 6am, and go from there, weather permitting. If not, we'll try to get out every morning.

This one might not be much fun, but at least it isn't expected to get stronger than a Cat 1, though I wouldn't be surprised if it strengthened to a 2 as it slows down right in front of us. We're going to get the worst part of the winds directly along our coast since we'll get the eastern side of the storm where the winds are worse.

Notice this slightly more recent map tracks it a little further west than the previous. A good sign.