Monday 2:00 a.m. Status

Back on air much earlier than we anticipated. The sound of wind and rain woke me up at about 1:45 a.m. Since we had power I pulled the Internet receiver tower out of the tub to see if it was still receiving and with three bars I decided to try plugging in the computer and checking the NOAA website. The track continues to be south of us for the eye which is great news. We are in for a rough couple of hours but hopefully are escaping what pounded Jamaica. Someday I will be able to tell our children that their Mom can literally sleep through anything.

At 10:00 p.m. we closed up the computer and Internet tower and stowed them in the tub. We blasted the A/C to get the place as cold as possible for the expected power loss. We let Josie out for a little alone time with us but then put her back in with the kittens and finished an episode of Scrubs after which we turned out the lights and got some sleep. I woke up around Midnight but was able to go back to sleep until the most recent round of noise led me to wander downstairs and check on whether there was any flooding. Right now just a lot of wind and rain. Thank God for the plywood as there must be a lot of debris flying around out there. Anything not tied down or really heavy is on its way to Mexico.

Katie is on me to go back to sleep and put away the computer but I have way too much nervous energy. Unlike dealing with a Tornado such as the ones we have been through in Fort Worth this is not a hunker down in your bathtub until it passes over kind of thing. You can walk around your house etc. which just seems weird. So long as the roof holds, one room is no different than another. We are riding it out in the master bedroom upstairs on the back of the house which all our neighbors said was the safest room if the eye was south of Cayman as it is.

They did cut the water so we are flushing with the water we filled the tub with. The tub wouldn't hold water so we ended up bailing that water into our trashcans and buckets and will use it as our potable water until they get the water back on. We know that we haven't even begun to feel the real effects of the storm. That will come later this morning between 5 a.m. and 10 a.m. with after effects well into the late afternoon. Don't know if Cayman has been spared but the early signs are all good.

With plywood up and no way to see out I cant give you any kind of description except for the sounds. The rain is constant and the wind must be strong as you can hear it pounding into the walls. Our antenna is still hanging on as I can hear it banging away outside our bedroom window. The radio stations are all still transmitting which is another good sign.

Signing off again and putting everything away again. Depending on power and my ability to sleep may try and get everything back on again later this morning.

We love you all, so far your prayers are doing phenomenal work so please keep them going.

God Bless and Be Safe.

Scott and Katie