Preparing for the "big one"

Florida is known for it's hurricanes.  In fact we are number 1 in lots of things and none of it is good!  So every year between June and November we are on hurricane watch.  News of a hurricane is nothing new.

But Hurricane Irma is not your average hurricane. They said this morning on the news that THREE Hurricane Andrews would fit "inside" it!  This is a Cat 5 monster storm. ☁  There is no where in the entire state of Florida that is safe! It will cover the whole state.  Even if you don't get the eye you will get a strong outer band.  We are all in for a hell of a ride!

Clearwater where we used to live had a mandatory evacuation and a friend of ours went to her other home in Interlachen to wait out the storm. It looks like the worst of it may escape her area so she may be lucky.  One funny story from that same mobile park in Clearwater where we used to live: one hurricane that was pegged to go right through Clearwater caused another mandatory evacuation. My Parents stayed in their mobile but their friend across the street evacuated to Orlando.  The storm then missed Clearwater completely and caused no damage whatsoever and the hotel he stayed in Orlando lost it's roof! So these scary weather patterns can be real unpredictable.

Our Dome is "supposed" to withstand a Cat 5 in fact it is supposed to withstand everything Mother Nature can throw at it.  We'll see. This will be the ultimate test.  We feel "pretty" safe but with hundreds of trees on the property there is nothing to prevent a huge air-born tree from landing on top of one of the domes. Nothing we can do about that and nothing we can do to prepare for it.  We took in all the little potential projectiles and piled the outdoor furniture in the garage which will also house the boat by tomorrow. Mind you I have had a tile guy here all week and the house is still tore up and cluttered due to the furniture from the main dome shoved everywhere out of the way!  And me being a neatest freak seeing messes for a week and sure to be an even bigger mess tomorrow and Monday this is not okay.  😡

tile-so far

We have taken down some dangerous limbs and a tree guy came out just yesterday to remove a tree that was hanging right over the pool. We were so happy he could squeeze us in! So if you don't get an update by Tuesday on how we made out we are either without power or our domes have flown off to see the wizard!

tree over pool screen

Tree guy