Huge Hurricane Bearing Down

Our friends that have evacuated to Charlottesville, VA yesterday will be out of the way of the worst part of Hurricane Irene today, but will still feel some of the effects of the storm. The storm is so huge that most of Virginia will feel some of the winds and get heavy rain. We feel sorry for the people that have properties in Grey's Point and Bethpage, as most of those will certainly have some damage by the time it's all done on Monday. The forecast is for about 10" of rain for them from the storm, plus relentless wind for about 20 hours. It amazes us that the technology today is able to predict the path of these storms with such accuracy. They said about a week ago that Chesapeake Bay would be in the direct path, and it seems they were right. It will totally miss us and we again are thankful that we are where we are.  We pray that everybody is safe through it all.

Our water line problem with the refrigerator appears to be fixed. The Tech came by yesterday while we were working and put yet another (the third) fitting on the line, and it appears to be OK - so far. It wasn't his fault that the fittings have failed but it makes you wonder where the quality has gone. He purchased the bad fittings from Lowe's in town and finally went to another hardware provider (?) to purchase the third one. There are a couple minor fixes that remain to be done on the refrigerator - the inside drain needs a part and the outside drain hose needs an extension. Both of those parts are ordered and will arrive within the next week. The bill for the Tech services came to $122, which was a pleasant surprise considering the way that most mobile services gouge the public. There will be a small additional charge to install the ordered parts, but that will be a very small amount. We're just happy that the water problem appears to be fixed.

It seems like we just get to bed at night and it is time to get up again. We both feel tired this morning and will probably have to go to bed earlier at night in order to get our full, required rest. Evidently, 7 hours isn't enough. Overtime for this week is still up in the air, so we have to decide on that in the next day or so. The half day we worked last week was easy, but we are both very tired right now, so we'll have to evaluate that situation. Have a great day...