Ida Update 5:00 PM Sunday

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It's 5:00 pm Sunday, and our heads are still above water. And we still have power. But Ida isn't through with Louisiana yet. It will be a long night for many of us. Even with all the preparation: taking down, stowing, tieing up, moving into the garage, and inventorying with a video camera, we remained on alert for anything. Meanwhile, St. Tammany Parish (County) was placed on a curfew until further notice starting at noon today. I'm sure some parts needed it. We had no reason to go out even if we wanted to. Of course, our hearts ache for all of those who are taking the brunt of the hurricane. But so far, we haven't heard of any deaths reported. Apparently, people are taking our government experts seriously. It also helps to have live coverage that shows why all the precautions are necessary. Hurricanes, like pandemics, are unpredictable. But we still have power. We're comfortable. And we're looking forward to taking advantage of the denuded Coop and porch so we can pressure wash it to kill all the mold from weeks of rain. We should be out of the danger zone in a few hours. I'm sure there will be another hurricane or two that will take aim on us. We will be prepared for them too. It's the price we pay for living here.

We're about 70 miles North-North-East of the eye. As it moves north it will get closer to us and the winds will most certainly pick up. They have already been strong enough to strip the tall pine trees of much of their needles.

It is going to be a long night.

Hurricane Ida Arrives Tomorrow as Possible Cat 4

The news people were busier than ever today.  There's the getting out of Afghanistan saga, the COVID-19 / Delta Variant Saga, the people taking animal drugs to prevent and treat COVID saga, and the approaching, potential Level 4 hurricane - Ida.

We've done all we can do to protect ourselves, and our home, so now it's just wait and see.  

They still don't know exactly when or where landfall will be, but such a large storm is going to do a lot of damage no matter where it hits.  And probably a few lives will be lost as well.

So with that said, I'm going to bed.

Hope to see y'all tomorrow.

Hurricane Ida

 Well, it didn't take long after I started this new blog for a "Major Hurricane" to set its eyes squarely on our little corner of the world.  History will call her Ida, and her name will probably be associated with death and destruction for a decade or two, or until another one comes along.

Ida's path is projected to land near New Orleans and continues right over us on its way north and east.

Like everyone else, we immediately started moving things into the garage or porch, or wherever there was some protection from the potential 100+ mph winds and driving rain.  Fortunately, we are high enough above sea level to not worry about storm surge, but we do have to worry about some serious regional flooding and omnipresent tornados.

We know the drill and pretty much have everything as ready as we can make it.  One last step is to fill a bathtub with water should we need to flush toilets.

New batteries are installed in our lanterns and the car is gassed up.  Two days from now we will know if we did enough.

Such is life along the Gulf Coast.

COVID-19 Continues to Ravage the Planet

 My last post on the old blog had this title:

  Monday, March 08, 2021

CDC Says Vaccinated People Can Gather Privately Without Masks

 

Well, here we are 169 days later and things have steadily gotten worse for a lot of reasons, most of which were non-sensical in spite of overwhelming evidence that Anti-COVID Vaccinations were working.  But continued refusal to be vaccinated and a very aggressive variant of the COVID-19 virus quickly became the number one worry.  It is still the worry today.  There seems to be no end in sight.

But we're fine and trying to keep our distance from all people.  We hope to be around when it's finally over.

New Blog - First Post

 I've been a blogger for many years.  When Google changed their blogger provisions I could no longer add to my blog.  Yet, it is accessible and current to the day everything just stopped.

If you wish to visit the old blog, click here:  https://texasspringchicken.blogspot.com/ 

So with this new blog, I hope to pick up where my old blog left off.  And if possible, import everything from my old blog to this one.  

So consider this blog a test to see if I can do that.