Gustav To-Do List

To say that people around here are getting a little nervous would be a HUGE understatement. We didn't really suffer alot of damage here during Katrina. We lost power for days, but mainly had an enormous influx of people who had evacuated and lost their homes. It changed everything for our community. We do not want to live through that again! The projected path now is a little more west than Katrina was. That is bad news for us here. The worst place to be is right east of the center. Gustav is right on that track. I have compiled a list of things that we are trying to get done here before Gustav arrives.



1. Go back to Walmart and buy MORE supplies. I always do this. Every single time, I get a little more nervous and want to make sure we have plenty for anyone who needs to stay. If I had wanted canned goods or tuna today, I would have been out of luck. Those shelves were completely bare.


2. Cut the grass (Lord know how high it would get before it dries out again)


3. Wash clothes. (After days of no electricity, we will need all the clean clothes we have!)


4. Clear off the back porch: Put barstools and other furniture in the garage, figure out how to protect the outside TVs.


5. Take the gas lanterns down. We have two awesome gas lanterns outside, and they would never survive the winds.

6. Move the big pots off the front porch. I'm not quite sure how we're going to do that, but the iron trellis' would end up through the windows, so we have to move them.

7. Make sure everyone has books to read. I went to the library to get some for Bryce today. The gameboys will eventually run out of battery!! Which leads me to...

8. Charge up all game boys and cell phones.

9. Get the things needed to celebrate Braden's birthday (Sept. 4) in case things are still crazy.

10. Vaccuum - doesn't really have anything to do with the hurricane, but between my hair and the dog's hair, I'll go crazy without the vaccuum cleaner for a few days!

Some of these things, we have done, and some are still left to do. We're praying for the best but preparing for the worst.