We R Bracing for Ike

So far, Ike has sent us only wind.  Since our neighborhood is neither a flood zone nor an evacuation zone, we are packing up loose stuff (would-be missiles, as one expert put it) and cleaning up. It's been a morning of preparation. Everyone finished their antibiotics for the parasite yesterday. As luck would have it, Carrie woke up with a cold. That said, spirits are running pretty high. We made a healthy lunch and organized the just-in-case foods, first aids, etc.