I'm far enough inland, and high enough, that flooding doesn't seem too much of a threat, but I am surrounded by tall trees, many of which are still heavy with leaves.

I've seen two different predictions on this storm. One has it makeing land, and the other doesn't. I will hope that it doesn't. Stay safe though John.

UGH!......indeed.

Earthquake one week a freak storm the next.....wonderful.

Time to check my generator.

My basement used to flood after a major storm.  I finally fixed the problem after the scare with Hurricane Irene, so one less thing to worry about.

Be safe everyone.

I've never understood why people need to do panic grocery shopping before a storm -- they don't keep food in their homes normally?  (When the zombie apocalypse comes, I should be able to survive at least six weeks on what's normally in my fridge, freezer and pantry.)

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Having worked in supermarkets over the years, I've seen that many, many of the people who panic shop buy all sorts of perishables that won't last if the power goes out for a long time. Rather than stocking up intelligently, they stockpile out of want rather than need. They might want that fresh tilapia if the lights go out! 

The biggest pain in the ass was always all the morons who seriously overbought (60 bottles of water and 50 cans of spinach?) and then came back to return it all when the big weather event that was supposed to be so bad wasn't.

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I was low on soup, so I went to the grocery store and stocked up, just in case. The woman in line ahead of me was buying ice cream.

I was reminded of the moment in LUCIFER'S HAMMER, by Niven and Pournelle. A character has spent a good deal of time trying to convince his wife that they will need to stock up on food if they expect to survive the coming apocalypse (meteor), but she resists his end of the world pronouncements. Finally, he comes home to find he has gotten thru to her, but she has filled the freezer with frozen dinners.