IRMA HAS ARRIVED ...

Most of the day we had light winds and rain all day. Currently we are at 3.13" of rain. I hate it when The Weather Channel has someone reporting in Orlando and someone else in Tampa and here we are right in the middle. 

This morning right after 9 am the eye of Hurricane Irma passed over the Keys at Cudjoe Key. If you look at the image above the three pins were to be our locations for our trip to the Keys this month. We are hearing not all faired well. Not a lot of reports yet from there. Daylight tomorrow will tell more. Best to all! XOXO

Ape baby spent the night on the back porch. 

The strong winds began around 7 pm this evening. Now around 9:30 pm the winds are much worse and the worse is yet to come. We believe we will be in the peak of the storm around 2 am. 

We've had some really great company. The Dark Knight has been keeping us all in line. 

There are many weather warnings currently. This is the worst storm as of yet that I have been through. Our cable constantly was going off this evening. All power was lost around 9:10 pm. Extremely windy now. Doors popping in and out. Just saw winds sustained at 42 mph here. Hearing gust of 74 mph at Orlando International Airport. It will be a long sleepless night. 

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HUNKERED DOWN ...

Not much change today except the eye of the hurricane has moved farther west. This puts us on the other side of it as it passes and means stronger winds for us. 

Poor ape baby spent the night outside. 

We moved the Airstream about 40 feet forward to inbetween the houses and out from being directly under the oak trees. Hello neighbor! 

All our final prep was finished. My brother Robert and his son Batman (Jax) came over to wait out the storm with us. Safer knowing the Dark Knight is under our roof! 

All weather conditions stayed the same as yesterday except the rain. We did receive some but not enough to register. There was a band from the storm that passed just north of us. Tomorrow will be the game changer. We first thought tonight around 8pm would start the winds ... nothing as of yet. Now that has been delayed until 8am tomorrow morning in Central Florida and should last through mid-day Monday. 

We are hearing that Key West and south Florida are now beginning to get tropical force winds and storm surge water. Hang on! We are hoping for the best for all. 

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HUNKERING DOWN ...

Today was spent boarding windows and taking care of more outdoor items. I started the day at Publix, said I wouldn't go but I did at about 7:15 AM. It was not crowded. Some shelves were empty. I got what I came for. Maybe not my regular brand but I got it. 

We cleared most items off back porch ...

Our bay window will not be boarded for now. It's the only window that has hurricane impact glass. 

I decided to fix ape baby. It only lost part of its nose and half an ear. Jett happens! Figured I better have as many toys ready for these girls during the storm. 

Late this afternoon I went out to get some Jack's BBQ. And .... squirrel ...

I did get the BBQ and received homemade fresh brownies from our neighbors when I got home. They rock! 

It snowed on the back porch. Jett happens!

High temperature: 88*

Humidity: 86%

Rain received: 0.09"

Wind: gusted to 7 mph N NE

Barometer: 29.94 dropping 

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