The drill

Get the water.
Get the canned beans, canned fruit, granola bars, nuts, boxed milk, and juice boxes.
Top off the gas tank.
Collect the toys and potted plants out of the back yard.
Position the batteries, flashlights and matches throughout the house.
Finish the laundry.
And check the projected storm track every three hours.

And that's life in late summer in Florida, as we await Ernesto's visit.

We must be getting used to this, since most people seem a bit blase about this storm. Let's just hope everyone is right.