Not Again...

It is hard enough to start a week without having to watch the Gulf. This is a phrase totally unused by me a few years ago "watching the Gulf". It is what we do now anytime there is a hurricane.

There was an article recently talking about "hurricane fatigue". If coastal residents are weary and becoming complacent because of too many hurricane warnings. I have to say I am tired of it - but each "watch" prompts me to secure a hotel - just in case (this time I was a bit later and it took quite a while to find a hotel to house all of us). It also helps me relook at our plan and realize if its going to happen with such frequency I should just make a check list. "Hurricane entering Gulf - do this, this and this". I am fatigued - but it is more of a brain drain - it is hard for me to focus on plans for the immediate future when such a large "what if" looms within the span of a few days.

And so we prepare for Ike. The hotel is ready in San Antonio. The water and batteries are still here, leftover from Gustav. We check the internet throughout the day to see if we are out of the dreaded "cone of uncertainty". They say it is highly unusual for a hurricane to enter the Gulf after the end of September - I can't wait for the month to end!