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[rivka]

Apparently, Hurricane Isabel - now 1mph short of being a Cat 5 storm - is expected to make landfall somewhere on the East Coast, between North Carolina and New Jersey. My local weather report, however, is remarkably bland.

Some houses in Baltimore have big wooden shutters that cover the windows. I've always thought of that as a lovely, quaint decorative touch, but now I'm starting to consider that there might be other uses. We're inland, so you wouldn't think there would be all that much of an issue, but Washington DC is even further inland, and

In Washington, D.C., emergency officials were working on acquiring additional sandbags, and planned to begin a public education campaign and meet with other department and critical services leaders Monday.

"Then we're going to pray," said Peter LaPorte, director of the Emergency Management Agency.

I poked around a little online, looking for hurricane advice, but I didn't care much for what I found. Sure, we'll go out and buy some bottled water, extra batteries, bagged ice, and food that doesn't need cooking - but surely we're not going to need to shut off all our utilities and crouch on the floor in an inside room with our heads covered. Not in Baltimore.

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[geminigirl]

I'm actually not going to worry about shutters/plywood here. I don't really have the space to cut it. What I will do though (aside from laying in the usual emergency supplies) is probably tape my windows/glass doors, in case they do get hit by flying debris.

I'm sort of glad I've been through hurricanes before, so I know what to expect and how to prepare. I see it being far less interesting though on my own, alone rather than with my family. Uno played by candlelight and all.