Oy vey

This shows the location of Irene from a few days ago, now she is in North Carolina

Watching The Weather Channels coverage of Hurricane Irene is seriously stressing me out, more so than it does when the hurricane is heading directly for me.

Maybe it’s because I have grown up with hurricanes as a way of life and I know exactly what to do in case of an emergency. I have always had a hurricane kit hidden somewhere in my house so I don’t have to be scrambling at the last minute for flashlights, batteries, bottled water and canned soup. I know that if it is a particularly bad hurricane you sanitize your bathtub and fill it up with water because you may or may not have clean water for a few days.

The horror stories that I have heard from friends and family are ridiculous. All of the stores in the cities (Irene is heading for 4 major ones – Washington D.C., Philadelphia, New York City, and Boston) are completely packed with people and they are getting violent.

I hope that all of my family and friends from North Carolina to Maine that are in the path of the storm stay safe over the next few days!!

xoxo,
Mariah