Snow Day!

Now, when I said that the start of a new week meant the start of new adventures I was not asking for a hurricane to have us in its sights. I should have learned that when I say the words "off to an adventure" weird things happen, like the bat in the hotel room in D.C.

Now back to the snow day. I really like when blogging to try to compare the situation to Iowa. Like a blizzard prediction in Iowa, things are usually blown out of proportion. The meteorologists try so very hard to predict who is getting snow and how much and when yah-dah yah-dah yah-dah.. but seriously how often do they really get it right? That is what appears to be the same thing here. As of now Isaac is maybe sorta kinda going to be in our vicinity and maybe just maybe the eye will pass directly over Key West (I promise pictures if this occurs). The question becomes whether to evacuate of not.. since Isaac is currently not even a hurricane and may or may not strengthen to a category 1 we are probably not going to evacuate. This will all change if the Navy evacuates, aka Joe and Cher. IF the McMonigles are going the Thompsons are going.

Since the threat of a hurricane (which was Wednesday AM) I have been to two "hurricane meetings".. These have consisted of good food and booze. We have heard numerous stories from co-workers regarding flooding and how Wilma was a "once in a life time" event because the tide was so high when the hurricane hit that everything flooded and that is not common. We have chatted with our insurance provider- which is still Iowa- and we should be covered should Ricks truck take a beating... fingers crossed that we don't have to deal with that. We also received an email regarding what we should think about when planning for a hurricane. The email detailed how to secure items that could become land missile/ impailing objects and also what to pack in a hurricane survival kit. We are working on the kit.... here is what we have so far...

Bottled water, and a cooler

This is the "healthy" section... apples, bread,  peanut butter (dad :) ) nutella, and tuna 

Apparently we are drawn to things in orange... oh and Oreos 

And last but definitely not least we have a 12 pack of bud light ... two bags of ice, and the makings of a Rick Thompson... the perfect snow day meal.

As you can see we have spent a great deal of time gathering "non-perishable items" and important things to drink. I think we have done a great job so far. I was speaking with Sammy when we bought our hurricane supplies and I told her I have never been one to prepare for a blizzard so why I felt inclined to prepare for a hurricane I am not sure. I guess time will tell if it was worth it or not.

Before ending for the night I also wanted to impart some more hurricane wisdom we have learned. Besides being prepared with supplies it is important to fill your kitchen sink, and bathtub with water so you have something to shower in and to use for flushing the toilet... you should raise any thing off the ground you may not want ruined by water... and the vehicles should be moved to higher ground. Oh yeah and one last thing - everyone has a hurricane party! I feel inclined for us to make our way towards Duval on Sunday to partake in this island event and I hope to bring this tradition back to Iowa for pre-blizzard get togethers - watch out Flat Tire..

Promise more images and updates either here or on FB as we know details.

xoxo
R&M