Yes, they've shut down or going to shut down a lot of things, but I was just looking at some tracking maps and it might hopefully veer further east. Crossing fingers. I guess the main worry with even a cat 1 is storm surge and flooding. Plus I think it's full moon time so tides will be higher than usual. I know this because I can never sleep when it's full moon.

Do you have books or games on your kindles?

I saw you talking about lentil soup. I'm a vegetarian and make beautiful lentil soup. My secret ingredient is a teaspoon of curry powder and a few chili flakes when I'm cooking down the onion, garlic and celery part at the beginning.