Not again!?!

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There's another hurricane approaching. Even though we've had good luck for the past several years, everybody's battening down the hatches. I hear hammering outside, as neighbors who don't have hurrican shutters put plywood over their doors and windows. I have shutters, but I hate feeling like I live in a cave, so I don't shut them until I really have to, and let the sun in as long as I can. Of course, part of July every year is devoted to stocking up on hurricane supplies, such as bottles water, canned food, batteries for the flashlights and radios, etc. That's a given, just in case. But we're used to getting a ton of warning time. This time, that's not the case. They're telling us we're in a cone of uncertainty, so that we may or may not get the storm. Science has made huge strides, but storms just do what they want and defy forecasting sometimes. Naturally, if we are hit, I'll miss you all for a while. Computers and other appliances have to be unplugged in case of a hit, and then we usually go without electricity for several days or even weeks, depending on how bad the hit is. Why do I seem so calm? This is really nerve-wracking! I'm just myLotting away as the basketball games go on in the Olympics -- just another day in Paradise!