Dear So and So

[bmccasland]

Alright y'all on the east coast, have food and water for about 3 days - food that does not need refrigeration, and you can heat on a camp stove. You do have fuel for your camp stove right?

Make certain that if it isn't permanently attached to the ground outside, that you pick it up and bring it inside. Stuff left in the yard will become airborne, trust me on this.

Tape on the windows doesn't do diddly except make your glass sticky. If the windows rattle during the storm, make certain that you aren't near them.

Good luck!

[Trek420]

... they believe a giant earthquake is going to hit Chicago, separating it or completely destroying it . . . I'm not certain. And there may be aliens.

Maybe this organization can help you out after the quake ... or aliens

http://rapture-relief.org/

[limewave]

Are the windows lined with tinfoil? Or do they just wear the hats......

They were expressing concern that they couldn't open their basement windows . . . DH told them it probably had something to do with the ton of sand on the floor above

[redrhodie]

Alright y'all on the east coast, have food and water for about 3 days - food that does not need refrigeration, and you can heat on a camp stove. You do have fuel for your camp stove right?

Make certain that if it isn't permanently attached to the ground outside, that you pick it up and bring it inside. Stuff left in the yard will become airborne, trust me on this.

Tape on the windows doesn't do diddly except make your glass sticky. If the windows rattle during the storm, make certain that you aren't near them.

Good luck!

Thanks for that! I'm hoping we won't lose gas for cooking. What's your take on that (town gas)? I have other things to eat, just in case, and several gallons of water, and I'll be filling the tub. I'm also doing laundry today so there will be lots of clean clothes.

My friend just put up a cute little gazebo. It was a b!tch to set up. I'm thinking I'll be finding out it is also a pain to take down tomorrow. She's thinking of just taking the top off, which is cloth. I'm thinking, it's going to blow away, so the whole thing needs to be dealt with.

[Blueberry]

At least she's weakening - and the track is shifting East. Crossing fingers....

[Desert Tortoise]

For Hurricane Rita, my sister and her DH did all the preps, food, water, board windows, made sure important documents were sealed and put in a safe place, etc.

But the oddest one and actually made sense once I thought about it, take a shower right before the thing hits. People might not have running water to bathe and this being Texas, well everyone knows what the heat and humidity does, you don't know when you'll get to shower again.

Just a thought.

[alexis_the_tiny]

Dear Parents, you DO realize that it is now about a WEEK after the date you said you'd return to Singapore? Don't you? And there has not been a single telephone call or text message or email until the text message I sent you today, which you replied saying you were busy in India. WHAT are you doing in INDIA? You guys work in CHINA!! Now, I'm not by any lengths dying for you guys to return home because we can't really live together that well in the same house but at the same time, something telling me that you're alive as opposed to lying dead in a ditch somewhere would be nice? Especially after 2 months of being away? Yeah.

Oh and its the presidential elections tomorrow. It's apparently a crime not to vote. I hope you guys remember that. Have a good time in India.

Your 'has-turned-25-but-you-guys-don't-realize-that-because-you've-been-away-for-a-decade' daughter...

[Biciclista]

(((alexis)))

[Owlie]

Dear BF--

I'm not sure I can take this. Eight months (with you coming to see me a few times), I can handle. Two years (but probably more) with very limited travel prospects? I don't know. This is going to suck.


Love,
Me.

[Biciclista]

Dear TE ladies
Well, Raleighdon starts his "therapy" on Monday. With notebook and cellphone, he is checking into the WIFI-equipped hospital. He's gained at least 5 pounds this week, is upbeat and happy with his doctors, his team.
I am scared, but he is as always valiant and upbeat. I guess he will feel terrible in a few days, but that's the cure. !
I am thinking about all you east coasters, the last hurricane i was in was Jeanne, and it felt like being in a giant washing machine for 24 hours. This one is bigger and harder. EEEK

[Crankin]

Good luck, Mimi. I would be scared to death, too. My DH was so upbeat during his angioplasty that I wanted to hit him. He never acted like anything bad could happen. And he was out riding up huge hills, 5 days later, despite what everyone said, including the doctor. I suspect your DH is similar.

[Biciclista]

five days after an angioplasty he was doing hills?? uh, yeah, that does sound like DH...

[Owlie]

Crankin:

Good luck, Mimi and RD. Thinking of you.

Dear half the cyclists on the trail:
Is saying "on your left!" really so hard? Really?

Dear Cannondale and Specialized Representatives:
Thank you for not treating me like I'm an idiot. Is it sad that this is unusual? (Though I think you heard the word "Ultegra" and rapidly went "Oh, she's serious!")

[snapdragen]

Good luck to you and RD - his attitude sounds perfect! Be sure to take care of yourself too, ask for help if you need it.

[snapdragen]

Dear waterheater. Breaking? On a Saturday? Really?