I'm scared for everyone there too.  Who do we have in Florida besides Rosemary
and Diane?  I miss so many posts so I wonder if they are evacuating or staying.
Isn't Diane the one that has her Mom in a boarding care home?

Shirlawn

No - I don't have anyone's phone number. You can email me yours if you want
to and I will call you after the storm and let you know. Last time we didn't
have cell phone either cause 600 towers were out of commission and the back
up system didn't work the way it was supposed to.  Hopefully the cell
companies got that figured out now.

According to the new path, we will be in the second tier of winds now, not a
direct hit, where we live. But I'm still a basket case. My head hurts, my
stomach is in a tizzy and my IBS is reacting to all this stress and I'm
crying at the drop of a hat. Imagine this conversation as my son left for
school. "The storm is making a beeline to us again. (Eyes well up). Did you
eat a banana this morning?  NO? (major tears start).  You know you need your
potassium when you are lifting weights every day.  (Major tears...) my son
says "a banana is nothing to cry over. I'll eat one ok" as he gives me a hug
and kiss and runs out the door. It's funny in retrospect.  I am trying to
calm myself down, but short of sleeping, it gets the best of me. I took a
half a ativan yesterday just to calm down but then it put me to sleep.

I guess seeing the aftermath of Charley just makes this all to real,  I'm
not all that worried about the storm itself. Our trees in the back yard took
a big hit with Charley and are still standing but have many branches that
broke off and are just hanging there. Unable to get any tree company out to
do anything about it and too high for regular folk to fix.  And this time
the wind is coming in a different direction so the house will block the
lower winds.  ut living with the aftermath of the storm is what I worry
about. I can't take heat with my MS. I'm totally heat intolerant. If the
power goes out, I'm screwed. I have three months of Enbrel and two months of
Forteo in the fridge. 7 bags of ice in the freezer. I wonder if my insurance
will replace the med if the fridge goes out too long and there is no more
ice?  Last time you had to go wait in line for ice and water each day from
the Red Cross if you didn't have power. The plan will be to go to my
sister's house in Tenn. as soon as I know what's what. But with the entire
state being impacted with this storm, there is not even a place to drive to
and say get a hotel to wait out the power problem. Ya just don't know where
that would be.

I hate the feeling of being so out of control. I can't do so much and have
to wait for my family to help. Hubby is at work today and son at school.
School is closed tomorrow and hubby's work closes at 12noon today and then
he will be home. 10 years ago I'd be taking the propane tank and filling it
myself. I'd be at Home Depot waiting online for the generator and putting it
in the truck and bringing it home myself. But with this stupid body of mine,
I can't do anything like that. So I put my pictures in plastic bags and pack
them in plastic bags just in case we loose the roof or windows. Then I wait
for someone to carry them to the car trunk.  I hate being so dependent!

And then there's the med problem. My pain med rx's are due to be refilled on
the 3rd and the 7th. Dr. writes on the rx "do not fill until .........
date." Its a state requirement to do it that way for advance written rxs.
The one for tomorrow is ok. I've already talked to the pharmacist. But the
other for the 7th....that's next tues and even though I won't need it until
the 13th I still worry that the pharmacy will out of power and I won't be
able to get it filled. And they have to order it in before he can fill it.
Because of so many robberies, the pharmacies don't stock most Class 2's.
Worry Worry Worry.  ARGGGGGGG!!

Our lovely Governor was on the TV a bit ago and basically said, stay in your
house unless you are evacuate. There is no where in the state you can go
that isn't going to be hit. He said to be prepared for 30 days of no
power/water. My husband is out looking for propane again.  Couldn't get it
yesterday.  I've got a few errands to run that hopefully will take my mind
off of things.

Has anyone gotten ahold of Susan, Larry's wife? It's probably too late to
call her. They evacuated Barefoot Bay this morning I think, at least that
was the last plan I heard.

Thanks for reading my rant. It helps to get it out.  I'll check in later as
long as I have access.

I can't leave till I get my pain meds filled which is tomorrow. In fact,
they won't even be in until today. I will leave after the storm if we loose
power and just keep driving north until I find somewhere with power and gas.
Roads are already filled up with those being evacuated from the coastal
communities.