Thanks for the offers and well wishes.

I've been through a lot of hurricanes, and while nothing is certain, in my situation I believe it's safer to stay here than to drive on the highway with all the crazies.

My home is on the Eastern Sand Ridge - 32' above sea level - while I may get water in the house, I won't be flooded, I'm on top of a hill.

The house is well constructed to building codes that were enacted before the developers started bribing government to water them down.

I have drop-down storm awnings, and storm panels for protection from flying objects.

I have a very good roof for hurricanes with an excellent track record.

I have well water and will lose power, probably anywhere from a few days to over a week, but I have a generator and lots of gas. Using it frugally I can probably last a couple of weeks.

At the first signs, when it got halfway across the pond and before the news media made people hysterical, I quietly bought non-perishable food that I will eat anyway, recharged all my batteries, checked the generator, checked the emergency radio, checked the emergency lights, bottled a lot of water in re-purposed cheap jug wine bottles that I asked for when playing condominium gigs and cleaned out trash cans to store water to flush the toilet.

today I put up the storm panels, I'll drop the awnings Saturday. I also cleaned the gutters, policed the yard to remove anything that would likely become airborne, and checked with my close neighbors to see if they needed help.

Of course there never is a guarantee that I'll be safe, but the odds are overwhelmingly in my favor.

What I don't look forward to is the loss of electricity and the clean-up after the storm subsides.

I hope everyone here in Florida and Georgia makes it through OK.

As long as I have power and Internet, I'll be taking care of business and visiting here.

And right now I'm bummed that I had two nice gigs this weekend, and they are both cancelled. And if Irma destroys a clubhouse in Okeechobee, I'm out of a New Year's Eve gig at over $1,000 more than our normal one-nighter price frown (Now that's a true Floridian attitude).

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