Tropical Storm Fay is slowly traveling west across the top of Florida. It is almost like a parade because it is moving so slowly.
So far - we have not had a power failure here - but 4000 homes in the area are without power. A power company worker was killed when a tree fell on him while he was trimming and repairing power lines.
We are having very steady heavy rain - but very little wind right now. The wind comes in waves. There are lots of small branches - twigs - and pine droppings in our yard. Our new sod and landscaping really hold the soil nicely from erosion.
We are as prepared as we can be. We have a Honda generator - a big house battery - a power inverter - and lots of flashlights. If our power fails - our big battery will power the refrigerator - television - satellite dish - and a few lights. The house battery - would probably wear down in 3 days. Then we could use the generator to re-charge the battery or power the refrigerator directly.
Lulu and I just took the umbrella and walked down to George and Joel's house. To our surprise - they were not home.
They are predicting 8 inches of rain. If the storm keeps traveling as slow as it is - we will probably get lots more.
The televison just reported a tornado watch for our area.
More reports later.
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