Tuesday the 27th Mike got gas in our car and filled 4 gas cans for the generator. I bought some groceries and 2 cases of bottled water.
Wednesday the 28th we put Barb's shutters on her house across the street since it now appears that Dorian will become a hurricane. The next day we put the furniture on her screened in porch inside her house and put shutters on one window and closed the accordion shutters on her 2 sliding glass doors.
Friday I took Tinker in for his grooming appointment. Then that afternoon Mike and I went to Home Depot and bought 6 sheets of 1/2" plywood for our front windows. We also stopped at the vet's office and got some anxiety pills for Tinker. In his old age, he has become anxious during some of the thunderstorms and really doesn't like it when the power goes off, even if it's just a short time.
Saturday Mike and I covered the 2 garage windows with plywood. By then it looked like we might only get tropic storm winds and we decided to wait before covering the other front windows.
Sunday the track for Dorian had changed and he was now a Cat 5. So we covered the front window to the dining room and the front bedroom window with plywood. Mike had cut a "peep hole" covered it with Plexiglas in one of the plywood sheets and we put that on the bedroom window. Mike and I both like to be able to see out and it will give us a good view of the front yard and the big oak tree in front of the garage.
We also tied down the travel trailer in the driveway. Mike had bought some 4' steel anchors that are used to tie down mobile homes and put 2 down on each side of the driveway. So yesterday we pulled the trailer up and positioned it between the anchors and used straps to attach the trailer's frame to each of the anchors.
I've left my potted plants outside for the time, hoping they'll get some rain before I have to move them into the storage shed.
Our winds are picking up, but we haven't had much rain yet. Right after we had lunch, we heard on the news that FPL said they were having some power outages in parts of Indian River County. So I guess I'll post this now - we do have a generator in case our power does go out.
