I am getting ready to ride out Hurricane Ike. I have prepared well and now just leave it up to the winds of fate, literally. I am far enough inland that the hurricane winds won''t quite reach here, just the tropical storm winds of under 74 MPH starting late tonight and throughout the day tomorrow. Power outages are likely, so not much to do but sit if/when that occurs. Lots of anxiety all around because of this, but in an odd way I look forward to it, yet in a sad way it is hard to see what it will do to those closer to this Huge storm. It's all ONE.

I'll be back when I can. In the mean time, your intrepid reporter signing out....