unwanted guests (and gusts!)

Normally, hurricanes/tropical storms have a mostly westerly track, veering north at some point. How far west they get dictates if they hit Louisiana or Florida. Hanna is clearly not only large (she has a big butt, according to Osh) and very slow, but also has no idea when she has outstayed her welcome. As you can see from the above 'history' she started in the mid Atlantic (blue = tropical depression), wandered towards us (green = tropical storm) wandered all over the top of Provo (yellow = hurricane cat 1) and then wandered southwesterly. Then southerly. She is currently wandering eastwards and a bit north. Ie, coming back for another go! It is extremely windy outside, very very wet. Not cold outside - somewhere in the mid 20s Celsius and very pleasant indoors (no need for the AC at the moment). Everywhere is a bit damp, and we have a constant cycle of spinning out the towels in the washing machine to mop up the water that leaks through the doors, and doing anything to secure the outside of the house in preparation for Ike is tricky on account of it being so wet and windy. But, things could be worse. Today's job is to get the wood to secure the house, and then brace ourselves for a visit to the farm to see just what is left of the mist house (probably not much). At least the plants are getting watered!

School has been cancelled again, so Osh thinks this is a great hoot!