Where did the Hurricane Go?

The buzz on the news was that Tropical Storm Fay was heading right for Florida. It was predicted to hit just South of Tampa. That is right where we live. So, we took the necessary precautions to make sure we would be safe through our first HURRICANE. First I made sure we had lots of food in the house and had fresh batteries for the flashlights. Took down the trampoline and brought inside all our patio stuff. Then there was the task of putting up all the shutters on our house. I had never counted how many windows we have but now I know that we have too many. With lots of help, it only took us seven hours to finish the job. Now all there was left to do was wait.... This is Bryan, he works with Ron. Bryan and his brother, Rob (who works with Ron too) came from work to help us put up the shutters. They worked so hard to help us. Thanks
Even the Missionaries showed up to help us. They really just came by to visit so we put them to work. This is Elder Cheever helping us put the shutters over the kitchen window.
Elder Mounteer is hold the shutter in place while Ron tightens it up.

Both the missionaries were a great help.

After Ryan got home from work at 11:00 p.m. He helped finish up the last sliding door.
This is what the outside of the house looks like all closed up.

Now we live in a dark cave. It is amazing how dark it is when all the windows are covered up. We could hear the wind blowing outside but could not see anything. We finally opened the garage in the morning to let the dog out and to our amazement there was no storm. Just a LITTLE wind and rain. The storm had turned and hit land south of us in Naples. So there you go....If ye are prepared you shall not fear!! Now is the time to get prepared for all the storms in your life.