Hurricane Florence ....

Hurricane Florence was headed right for the 

North Carolina coast

So we prepared for our first hurricane....

Johnny purchased a generator that would provide power

to our fridge, lights, TV and a few small lights and things

he purchased extra gas cans and filled them with gas

2 full propone tanks for cooking...if needed

10 cases of water

beer

food

food for the dogs

new flashlights

lots of batteries

look at our shiny new generator.....

we were ready!

Our kids were worried and kept telling us to leave

but we just didn't want to leave our new home and felt we 

would be safe

We decided that if it became a category 4 or there

was a mandatory evacuation, we would leave

On Monday we got the call from the county that 

we were on a mandatory evacuation starting 7:00 am Tuesday

so we decided to get ahead of the traffic and leave on Monday

here's my face when we found out....grrr

now I had to start packing clothes and important papers

We had to pack up the dogs and all of their things

food, leashes, vet records, treats

As it turned out, the storm moved south

and it breaks my heart to see the flooding and even now, so much

flooding still going on

We went to stay with one of our daughters and as it turned out

was a really nice week to be with our family

and able to attend 2 of our grandson's birthday parties

We got the ok to return to the island on Saturday morning and

decided to wait until Saturday evening to leave.....again, to avoid

traffic. We arrived home about 9:00 Saturday night and it

was great to see our home was just as we left it.

here we are going through the checkpoint to get back

on the island. As locals, all we had to do was show

our drivers license

Our only concern was to watch the creek behind our home.....and it only reached our property line and never went any further.....thankful

 

later....