Looks like Dennis will stay west of us
July 8, 2005 
With
the skies clouding up, the lightening starting to flash, and the rain
starting to dump, I finished drilling and preparing the last holes
needed for the last of the steel storm panels to protect that last of
our windows. In other words, we are finally ready to cover and protect
all of our house's windows ...in about an hour total to install all the
panels ...whenever the hurricanes threaten. I've posted more pics and
instructions for installing tracks and steel panels.
It does appear now that Hurricane Dennis will stay to the west of the Florida Gulf coast, so we will most likely only get some strong winds and plenty of rain. Whew!
We do still have plenty of other prep on which we are working - and will be for weeks yet. Shirley has
caulked all of the windows (it's a new house, but
our caulking standards are
much higher than what the county lets through
inspection). We've both been working on caulking where the soffits meet
the wall, the gutters and downspouts are installed now - with splash
blocks to direct the water away from the house, we're adding bracing
inside the garage doors. Lots more. But the main
part of prep is now - thankfully - complete.
Florida
Reader Comments (3)
I tried to click on your site for how to install the storm panels, in case we ever need to do it in here Oregon, but it took forever to download. The same with one of your blogs with pictures of your house. I don't know if there is something I can do to speed things up, because I have a reasonably fast computer.
Hope all is well with you guys. Kristin starts a new job with the Army Corps of Engineers on Monday, working on dams. She is living with us, and the job is in Portland.
Bob