With the husband going on lock down at the base about 8 hours before dear ol' Irene graces us with her presence here in Virginia Beach I'll be riding it out on my own with the boy and two dogs. We spent the week getting supplies, setting up evacuation plans, and in general making sure we were ahead of the panic and civil unrest that always manages to ensue on the heels of the media circus that always serves as a prelude to every natural disaster.
Complete with it's own theme music.
Anyway... That left today free to set up the bunker. We rent, and our landlords don't feel the need to protect their assets by, say, boarding the windows for a CAT 2 hurricane. We decided to just board up 4 windows upstairs in our bedrooms and bathrooms to create a place for us to ride it out upstairs, complete with food and entertainment. It should hold us through just fine.
We boarded the windows from the inside because, quite frankly, it's easier and we're not worried about protecting the window (that was our landlords job, harsh but true) we just want to protect the stuff and people inside should a window break due to flying objects or high winds. Set up the pack 'n' play for Joe to sleep in, we're expecting the storm to hang around for about 6 to 10 hours so he'll need a place to nap at least. We also have everything set aside in case we do end up having to leave but we have food and water for three days...
And here we have the puppy bunker :-) Sadie and Chester will probably like getting to drink from the toilet!
Who knows, maybe the silver lining to this whole thing will be that with no power I can finally master my pearl stitch.
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