after a glorious nine hours of sleep we were able to get up and get the last bits of putting-away accomplished. then we went next door and helped our 87 year old neighbor, lawrence, get his final prep done. he's pretty sanguine about it, having lived here all his life he's seen a few storms. the wind is picking up, yeah boy, and our governor has declared a state of emergency. which is why the college is closed and we are home cooking bacon and eggs instead of slogging off to another yadayada kind of regular day.
talked to my sister in DC this morning, to see if she was preparing, and she wasn't.....yet. but she said she would, after she absorbed some caffeine. the schools are closed there, as is the government. can isabel do as much damage as our government at work? i doubt it. so, all in all, it may be a good thing. however, R said that in the DC parks and neighborhoods trees are already falling over of their own accord because the ground is too sodden to support their remaining upright. what will huge winds and rains do to this already bad situation?
this will most likely be my last entry for a while, i guess this will be my enforced newsfast. without electricity i'll have no computer, my main news source, and of course no tv......a very secondary source for me. gotta hope the power's back on by friday night for Bill Moyers NOW. any time i miss it i feel that there's something important i've neglected to learn. but it'll all still be out there, the larger world. and we'll be picking up the pieces. for now then, over and out. it's time to rock and roll.
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