The first small loss in the hurricane

We are preparing for Hurricane Irma and just experienced our first casualty.

This little guy was on our pool deck as we were packing up all the furniture. When I walked up to him to take his picture, he jumped into the pool. I tried to catch him but he kept swimming for the bottom.

Poor froggie.

This is just the down side to living in a tropical paradise.  Hurricanes.

Hopefully Hurricane Irma will keep going west until it leaves Florida for the Gulf of Mexico.  But I think that is wishful thinking.  It really does look like we might get a big storm here.

This is a historical look at the month of September from 1851 to 2016.

Guess we can't avoid hurricanes.

Daughter BHB and her family are staying here in Viera and I think Hubby D and I might as well.  Things have been getting better over the last 24 hours and the storm seems to be weakening and moving to the west.

We had invitations from friends around the area in Florida and outside Florida to evacuate and come stay with them.  We were tempted to accept one invitation to Charlotte, North Carolina and take our golf clubs.  However, it will probably rain hard up there as well.  But . . .  it would have been fun.

BHB's husband, RB just returned from 2 weeks in Texas.  His team took a whole bunch of boats and rescued several hundred people.  We are very proud of him.  He has worked many disasters and has already been put on standby to go to the Keys for this hurricane.

There are a few more "irreplaceable" items still to go in water proof boxes. Most of the rest is stacked in a safe area or stowed away.  

The last precious items to be boxed up.  Really don't want to loose anything, but these can't be replaced so I will put them in a water tight container.

One good characteristic of a typical hurricane is you generally have plenty of notice and you can prepare your house for the worst to happen. Harvey was the exception because of the heavy rains.

All the patio furniture is in the foyer.

The sand bags were all taken so I used top soil to brace our front door.  

We placed our Persian rugs we brought back from the Middle East in our spare bathroom.  It is an interior room without windows. I remember from my youth in Oklahoma that an interior room is supposed to be the best room in the house during a tornado. Since we might be on the East side of the storm, there is a good chance there will be tornados.

For now, we are waiting on the next update.  Keep your fingers crossed that the loss of froggie is the worst we will experience. LOL

Cheers,
Brenda


P.S. Just one "upbeat" comment.... Wednesday I watched little LW's soccer practice with his class of two-year-olds.  PRECIOUS!!!! (He was definitely the best kicker.)