An Unwelcome Guest

Here are the current computer models for Ike. They are predicting it to be a cat 4 and to make landfall at 8:00 am Saturday morning.

Now is the time to make sure you are ready:

1. gas in your car.
2. food
3. water - fill up the bathtubs before the storm hits.
4. medical needs
5. things picked up outside
6. materials for boarding up the house
7. batteries/generators for flashlights, radios etc.
8. pet needs
9. rain gear

That's not a comprehensive list but just what comes to my mind from a lifetime of living on the Gulf coast. For more and better resources, check out the following websites:

Weather Underground at http://www.wunderground.com/ provides resources for tracking.

The National Hurricane Center at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ provides all kinds of information including some steps to being prepared at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/action.shtml

At the moment we are definitely planning on church for Sunday, but if that changes we will be sending folks an email and posting on the church's website.