Dodged a big bullet.
Hello Wakulla
It looks like we here in Wakulla County dodged a big bullet on Wednesday, Aug. 30th. It was looking real bad for us with a Category 4 baring down on us but it made that easterly turn and all we got where some heavy rain and winds.
Though it hit land it wasn’t as densely populated as say where Ian hit so there wasn’t as much destruction as it could have been.
I’m sorry for the folks in Perry and Taylor County that lost their homes and other property.
I didn’t get any sleep on the night before the hurricane as well as many of you, I’m sure. All I could do was lay there and pray that Wakulla County would survive this storm. We did with the loss of a few trees and downed powerlines, I know because I was on post storm patrol to see all of them.
We had some flooding in St. Marks, Mashes Sands and Surf Road area as well as some in Live Oak, Oyster Bay and Shell Point.
We still have three months left in this hurricane season with several storms brewing off the coast of Africa headed possibly towards us again. Now is the time to get your emergency supplies stocked up. The stores have plenty of what you’re going to need to stock up for a few days without power.
I am continually stocking up a little at a time when we go to the store for groceries. The thing we do is we have a big freezer in the garage that all we put in there are bags of ice so when the power goes off we can live out of the coolers for a few days.
I keep telling myself I need to get a generator but life happens and it has not been on my top priority list. Mainly, it’s a money thing right now but at some point I will get one for the house.
When the power goes out after the storm passes through it’s good to have a propane grill with about five gallon tanks so you can cook any meals you need just make sure you don’t use the grill in the house or garage, always use it outside where it’s well-ventilated.
Finally please have an evacuation plan and destination set because when we have that Cat 3 or 4 hurricane you will have to evacuate and if you don’t have any idea where to go it could be a dangerous situation you could find yourself in and please don’t forget about your pets during this process because they will depend on you for their survival.
Until next week keep making bubbles.
– Russell Miller, NAUI instructor #59999