#battening

[grapesofwrathernice]

Farm updates:

There is a storm incoming. We had to corral all the free-roaming birds for safety. It was… a challenge, given bedtime isn’t for another five hours

Baby geese managed to spray me with very gross water. Glasses, headphones, hair and face, shirt, arms, legs, feet. All casualties. Sigh

The full sized geese remain at large, but Oscar (the large duck who pretends to be a goose) is safe, at least

We will see what the storm does.

[yetibaba]

Amen.

via The First United Church of Cthulhu

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Carolina coast battening down, boarding up as hurricane nears

Carolina coast battening down, boarding up as hurricane nears

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WILMINGTON, N.C. (Reuters) – Beach communities in North and South Carolina emptied out on Wednesday as Hurricane Florence threatened to unleash pounding surf and potentially deadly flooding as the most powerful storm to make a direct hit on the southeastern states in decades.

A police vehicle patrols the beach ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Florence in Myrtle Beach, South…

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[junk-pile]

To prepare for the storm, I went to Giant, bought half a pie and some canned soups, then went to the corner store near my apartment and bought bottled water and beer. Then I went online and checked weather sites for a while. Then I texted my boyfriend, "I'm scared." Then I wrote down in my physical address book the phone numbers of the people I know in the area, feeling very odd about it, like I was preparing for my own funeral. I ate a grilled cheese, two beers, and two slices of pie. I battened down the hatches. Then I unbattened them after someone mentioned you should keep the windows cracked. Then I wondered why the storm wasn't here yet. Then I went to bed.

I realize that the reason the storm is slow-moving is because it's freaking huge, and it's a hurricane, so it's not like an ordinary storm. Winds are supposed to get up to 50 mph by this afternoon/evening, I think, which is not as bad as people were saying, but still nothing to sneeze at. 

I have homework, but don't feel motivated to do it because I'm all wired. My work is closed today, but I still have to work online from home, assuming I have power then.