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Hurricane Irma report #4: Checking in while the sun shines

Here’s a selfie from our yard taken yesterday morning:

Yesterday morning.

Here’s another from the same place, taken this morning:

Here’s a wider shot of the yard, also taken this morning:

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And finally, here’s the Lowe’s that’s walking distance from our place at around 9:00 this morning. They closed soon after:

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Our status so far: We have plenty of provisions, and we’ve done the last of the work involved with the outside of the house. For the rest of today and tomorrow, it’s all about securing the house from the inside, which includes preparing our Harry Potter-style shelter in the safest room: the closet under the stairs.

As is the tradition with posts in this series, a thematically-appropriate music video:

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Joey deVilla

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