Hi JPEE,
I got your email and thank you for your thoughts. We have been busy preparing. Got sandbags on the back sliding door (had slight leaks during past storms) but had to forego the plywood on the windows - every place was out. Long lines at the gas stations and just this afternoon most of the nearby stations were out of unleaded fuel, only diesel left. Grocery stores had many empty isles - bread, toilet paper, paper towels, foam and paper plates, water - all gone. We have started to get outer bands so the clouds have begun to move in.