Ike is, as of 2330 local news, a category 4 hurricane.

That, in and of itself, doesn't scare me even though any strong storm can be very bad. What gets my attention is that there are three storms on the screen. Any hurricanes is a hell of a lot bigger than I am. That's okay because I'm scrappy. But when they start to outnumber me three to one it starts to worry me.

I guess worse comes to pass I take the long length of half-inch line I keep handy and lash myself to the lee side of the big oak.

We had a couple of quiet hurricane seasons. Looks like this one might swing the other way.