The forecast is getting worse for Irene.

http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/new...rw9ju8.twitter

I think it will not be too bad in the immediate DC area, though it looks like flooding is likely down by the Potomac. However I hope folks in coastal areas are already preparing, and possibly evacuating. It looks like NYC is going to get nailed, among other places up and down the east coast.

I'm really glad I live on top of a hill. And I'm even more glad that my grandfather decided to build his house on a hill when he moved to a small village on the Long Island Sound back in 1947, because my parents still live in that house. (Grandpa worked as a bartender and waiter on a trans-Atlantic cruise line before he moved to the U.S., and I wouldn't be surprised if he learned a thing or two about the power of water from that experience.) I suspect the houses near the beach will be flooded this weekend, and my parents will probably be stuck in their house for a few days since the main roads in town are down at that level.

I hope everyone makes it through okay.