[Ron Mummert]

Well, you California earthquake guys, & midwest tornado guys can now look eastward & say, "tsk-tsk". Yes, we mid-Atlantic folks who have for the most part, dodged mama nature's uncertainties are staring at a big one right between the eyes, er....eye. You Florida & Carolina people are experts in dealing with wind & wet, but the rest of us panic at 4 inches of snow. While we have caught the tail ends of a number of 'canes, the last one to actually pass right over the Wash. DC area was called Hazel, & she dropped in 49 years ago, before there were SVXes, or even Datsuns.
So, with a broad swath of sustained high winds & guaranteed flooding about to greet everyone from NC to northern PA, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO PROTECT THE BABY?!

Tomorrow night is supposed the biggie around DC - Baltimore. I'm hiding the Batmobile in the garage very close to the brick side of the house, with the van pulled in on the opposite side as the sacrificial lamb in case the rather flimsy outer garage wall goes airborne. Then again, I thought it would be better to drive her out to a big, vacant parking lot somewhere away from any flying debris.
I dunno' - anybody else going mental over Ms. Isabel?

Ron (I wish it just snow).