Well, today is October 7, 2016 and we are getting ready for my first hurricane. Matthew that is.
We have heard so many different reports about the effect it will have on us right here in Jacksonville, it's been hard to know for sure what we should do. (For me anyway) Today's report was a little more ominous.
My wise and experienced daughter has been through hurricanes before, and it's her opinion that we should stay right where we are. We don't have to be anywhere for the next few days anyway (all weekend church services have been cancelled). It can also be a problem if you leave the area; it's happened before that people have trouble getting back home because of closed roads, etc. So, we are staying put. She has to be at work on Tuesday!
I'm glad that we are in this house for this though, because the old house on Brookside had 12-15 tall trees in the backyard. Each thunderstorm we had there was a little scary. Here, the big trees are outside the fence of the yard.
We have been stocking up on groceries, water and gas in our cars though because there could be problems getting to those things for days, and if we lose power, we need to have food we can eat without cooking and plenty of supplies like toilet paper! We just got home from Walmart and it's obvious everyone else is doing the same thing.
I'm sure I will be writing again probably after Sunday to report on my first hurricane experience!
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Praying for you and all who are in Matthews path. Did we ever call your son, Matthew, Hurricane Matthew? Seems like he was a little hurricane at times. lol Be safe! Love you.
He was a little hurricane!
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