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Holly,
Thank you for the offer.
I'm in a condo and am not even sure what we are allowed to do to protect the windows. I've called the condo president and he's yet to return my call. But, even if we are allowed to put up plywood, I have no one to do it and finding someone at this time is probably next to impossible. After that, I have nowhere to store the plywood until I get my garage cleaned out. I've thought a lot about it and there doesn't seem to be any immediate solution. The thing that worries me the most (next to losing my whole roof or my life) is losing the skylights over my office. Some things I'll clear out and take downstairs in plastic, other things I plan to wrap in plastic tarps with bungee cords. Oh what fun! I'd rather design websites.
I am buying an external hard drive tonight to backup everything and am getting a battery-operated tv. During Frances, I was here alone. All I could think was if my electric goes out for an extended time, what would I do. No tv, no radio, no internet and no one here to even have a conversation - all I had was a NOAA weather radio and was that got pretty boring during the 2 1/2 hours of electrical outage.
During Charley, my girlfriend came up and we prepared together as best we could, but she decided Frances wouldn't hit here and stayed home. We were both sorry afterwards. We're cleaning out my garage on Saturday to try and make room for my car. If I lose my home, maybe I'll at least have a chance to save my car.
Another girlfriend's mom lives in St. Croix and has been through 3 major hurricanes. The 1st one, she lost her roof completely and was left clinging to the bathtub to not be blown away.
I wouldn't mind having your phone number just in case and I can give you mine - thru email, of course.
I've been keeping up with trajectory maps on several sites and they all show Tampa as a possibility.
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