Isabel - Entry#2

My neighbor just finished helping me board up some of the particularly large windows on the FROG in the back part of the house. One end of the FROG is a re-creation of a 1900-vintage railroad station bay window complete with desk, telegraph and telephone systems, and 6' high windows on the front and sides. Well, actually *he* ended up doing all the work and I supervised and ended up with about 20 mosquito bites.

Priscilla and Cumulus will end up in the half-bath room in the front part of the house with water, food, sandbox and blankets.

Isabel-Entry#3 Marching orders...

Well, 'just got the marching orders. I report to the primary evacuation shelter 6:30AM tomorrow morning. I think I've packed just about all the contingencies that I can fit in to the car and not bottom out too badly. The funny thing to think about is what food to take. I sure hope they have coffee there.

I'll be providing a 2-meter radio link from the shelter to the county emergency operations center. I'm going to *try* to get a VHF digital link running as well, but the past two days of debugging the new system have not been met with total success.

Hopefully the prediction that it will be out of the area by Friday daybreak holds. What will be the unknown is the degree of damage and extent of power outages. It will be interesting to see when next I can get back on-line...I can be that optimistic can't I?