This mornings early track brings a mixed bag. The good news is that the track is still north of us, though just barely, and Gustav is still a tropical storm. But it has moved closer to Grand Cayman and it will strengthen as it hits open water. That is Grand Cayman outlined in red just under the Saturday at 2:00 a.m. mark. The storm is only moving 8 miles an hour and unless it picks up speed we are in for 24 plus hours of getting smacked around starting later today. At 
5:00 a.m. here on the Island it is calm outside. We got a heavy rain late last night around 10:30 for about 30 minutes but otherwise a calm night. We are filling our trash can with potable water and moving the car in a little while. The planes are still flying and will until early afternoon. There hasn't been nearly the panic as there was with Dean last August to get off the Island. The attitude of many is that this is just a Category 1 (or maybe 2) and that so long as you take precautions you should be fine. Most of the companies on Island that charter evacuation flights only do so if it is a category three or higher. Will post here throughout the day until the government cuts the power and water as the storm approaches. For Dean we only lost power for three hours, don't think we will be as lucky this time. Poor Luigi is a big baby and is crying in the back guest room. We cant let him out because he and Gypsy really got into it last night. If things get hairy later we will have to bring him upstairs and put him in our bathroom. This storm does mean that the first day of college football season, a holiday in this household, will not be celebrated as we had hoped, sitting in a sports bar watching all the games including the Texas Longhorns season opener.
5:00 a.m. here on the Island it is calm outside. We got a heavy rain late last night around 10:30 for about 30 minutes but otherwise a calm night. We are filling our trash can with potable water and moving the car in a little while. The planes are still flying and will until early afternoon. There hasn't been nearly the panic as there was with Dean last August to get off the Island. The attitude of many is that this is just a Category 1 (or maybe 2) and that so long as you take precautions you should be fine. Most of the companies on Island that charter evacuation flights only do so if it is a category three or higher. Will post here throughout the day until the government cuts the power and water as the storm approaches. For Dean we only lost power for three hours, don't think we will be as lucky this time. Poor Luigi is a big baby and is crying in the back guest room. We cant let him out because he and Gypsy really got into it last night. If things get hairy later we will have to bring him upstairs and put him in our bathroom. This storm does mean that the first day of college football season, a holiday in this household, will not be celebrated as we had hoped, sitting in a sports bar watching all the games including the Texas Longhorns season opener. 
