Waiting for Earl

There's a hurricane named Earl a'comin' to New England, and the media blitz is in full force!  Out of the last 49 minutes I've had the local news on, 47 minutes of them have focused on Earl even though no one can accurately predict where he's going.  He's expected to pass 25-75 miles off of Nantucket, so maybe we'll just get high winds and tons of rain.  We need the rain.

Mr. Earl, thanks to NASA. 

The Cape and Islands are busy boarding up, and even the national news is reporting from Chatham.  Waves are expected to be 20 feet near the Cape, and are measuring 40 feet near the eye.  Not sure how close he'll come to us, but we have supplies.  Mr. Wonderful will probably have to work the weekend.  

Gotta love weather in New England.  

UPDATE 10pm on Friday night:  Well, it's raining.  Earl must have gotten tired on his long trip up the coast, and I think he's lost his hurricane status.  Been downgraded to a tropical storm.  It sure feels tropical, and the humidity is brutal.  They say the heaviest rain and wind will during the overnight hours. We're in a giant fog bank and can't even see the city.  I think last week's nor'easter was worse.  Again, gotta love New England.