Sunday, August 22, Henri hit Westerly, RI and traveled right for us.
Our local news followed the storm for days letting us know each time it made a move toward us. People were listening. The gas lines were long with the filling up of gas cans for generators, and propane tanks flew off the shelves. Ice and water were virtually non-existent at the stores.
I did my part in preparations for the storm and made sure the cars were gassed up, filled our gas propane tank, turned our refrigerator and freezer to their highest setting, filled the freezer with zipper -lock quart baggies of water, and brought all the things in from outdoors that could possibly be blown away. I also had been running all of our air conditioners to get as much cold air "trapped" in the house in case of power loss.
Henri did make its way to us but with much of its fury zapped. It was now a tropical depression bringing mainly torrential rain with winds not really noticeable. Oh well, as Geraldo Rivera said, "Mother Nature may be forgiving this year, or next, but eventually she's going to come around and whack you. You've got to be prepared."
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