Hurricane Irma Sept 2019
Hurricane Irma Sept 2019 There is a remarkable amount of time between the onset of a predicted hurricane and its eventual arrival. Irma started to cause some concern early in the week and here we are on Saturday evening finally experiencing the first rainfall. The following is the blow by blow of the our experience. Monday (Labor Day): I got to play some tennis with Lee, Rich and John and we talked a bit about preparation with no real sense of anxiety as the beast was brewing in the eastern Caribbean. After work on Tuesday I decided to put the storm panels on the windows. The typical late afternoon rain did little to add to my total perspiration-saturation and they went up without much difficulty with some timely help from Nace. Nace has already done a ton of prep work, moving plants in pots and bringing all potential projectiles safely under control. She has also been busy stocking our emergency supplies an...