Edouard

The BIG excitement today is Tropical Storm Edouard. Everything is shutting down in preparations for storm hitting tomorrow. Kev’s home health called to make sure we had preparations in place and to let us know that there will be no team working tomorrow. MDA also told us they will be in “lock-down” with support available for in-patients only. NASA & Boeing closed down at noon today with no plans to reopen until Wednesday. TWC has correspondents in Galveston. The local news is recommending filling all the cars with gas and securing rations that would put a Cold War bomb shelter to shame. We sent Kelden to the market to get ice cream and chocolate syrup just in case… OK, so it does look like we will get a direct hit with ~50-70 mph winds, but if you read the fine print, the predictions are for about 4 inches of rain and about 2 feet of storm surge. (for comparison, Allison delivered 40+ inches of rain and Claudette had a 5 ft surge). Other than a lot of hot air (literally) it’s hard to figure out what the big fuss is about.

The calm before the storm