An Earthquake and a Hurricane

     So on Tuesday afternoon we had something that almost never happens here, there was an Earthquake! 5.8, the largest in recorded history here.  Thankfully no one died and the damage could have been much worse than it was. We've had good several aftershocks but, for us anyway, all it did was give us something to talk about.
     This weekend however, it looks like we will have another natural disaster in the form of a certain Hurricane Irene.... so we are busy getting ready for that. We're far enough inland that the main problem will be the wind but I can't imagine what it will be like on the coast....
     In the next couple of day we'll be moving as much of our container garden as we can up against the house, picking up the yard, filling 1 gal buckets with water and freezing them (ice :), trying to get all the clothes washed, baking done, and stocking up on can goods and other things. :)