Florence was met with great fanfare in our neighborhood and we did not ignore that. We moved the benches from the dock where the tides have been very high for days.
We tied the plastic benches to the deck supports and cleared the deck of all the other patio furniture... which may or may not get moved back out in the coming weeks.
Hubby has been working hard in the humidity to get the widowmaker that finally came down across the path to the dock cut into firewood for this winter even though cozy wood fires seem such a long way away.
I froze several gallon jugs of water and put them in the freezer in the event we lose electricity. I also inventoried the small freezer and we have been trying to eat as much of that as we can. While families are hungry in this country we have an embarrassing abundance of food tucked away.
Now we see that the storm is moving south of us. We will just get some bands of heavy rains. Our soils are very wet and we may lose a tree or two, but it looks like we dodged the bullet on this one.
Stay safe, ya'll!