"Charlie Self" wrote in message

Take care.

You betcha ... thanks for the thoughts, Charlie.

Finally finished what has basically been a 36 hour preparation marathon and
came in to check the e-mail while the links are still up. Tough on these old
man bones ...I spent half the morning on a 24' extension ladder with one of
my carpenters boarding up a house we are supposed to be closing on next week
.... ouch.

I guess we'll see how I build'em ...

In any event, I've done all I can do at this point ... the rest is up to
mother nature. Time now to seriously consider a Tom Watson cocktail, on what
may be the last peaceful, cool evening, with electricity, for some time.

Since we are not in the mandatory evacuation areas, and there is little
sense in stampeding with the herd (which is basically out of gas and stuck
on the freeways), SWMBO and I are going to do what we've done through quite
a few similar situations ... bunker down and ride it out.

This FF on this house is 3' 6" higher than the one we lost in Allison, so,
except for the shop, I am not too concerned with high water, but the wind is
always a danger, especially with a New Orleans style house with porches and
balconies, which tend to peel roof's back in real high winds. I did build
the downstairs bath more or less as a bunker, so we have that option if
things really get bad.

If I still had kids at home, then would have been no question of _not_
"getting out of Dodge" ... and trust me, I will have a fond look around at
the shop again about dark tomorrow evening.

... and I hope to see it, and all you guys and gals, on the sunny side.

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