Okay. I stowed the outdoor chairs. I moved the outdoor plants from the north end of the deck to more protected places. I covered the woodpile with tarps and weighted down those tarps real good, yessir.
I moved the Miata with it's canvas roof into the garage, and the two cars to stay outside... well... The cans of fuel for tractor and chain saw are full. Two five gallon containers of water are set in the freezer to become ice chunks to be used later for keeping the refrigerator cool without electricity. In a bit I'll fill the bathtub with water.
The laundry is caught up, and I vacuumed today.
We have gallon jugs of water, three shelves full. We have flashlights and batteries, camping lanterns with fuel, candles and matches. Our can opener is manual. We have a camp stove and fuel. We have battery operated radios and clocks. We have books.
We do not have the ability to spread a shield over our tall trees. We can't cool the house ahead of time so the coolness will last. We do not have the ability to share this coming rain with Texas, where it is so desperately needed. We can't hurry the storm, or stop it either.
All is well, and all will be well, and all manner of things will be well.
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