Well, today is the day of Dennis. He is outside, swimming around in the gulf, coming for a vist. We are ready for him. Boarded up the house yesterday, bought all the supplies and here we sit, waiting. This one, according to all the folk on tv is a mean one. So, out of boredom, I once again will try to update as we go along.

9:30 a.m. Outside is actually calm. It just seems like the normal rainy day. The kids are watching movies, with Belinda on her machine, me on mine. There is only so much of the online world I can take. Oh, and thanks to Angel Ameria....keeping me calm online, making me laugh. This storm better get moving.

10:00 a.m. Good news for us. The storm has slowed down to 140 and is now headed for Pensacola. In less than one hour it has taken a turn to the north. This is two in a row aimed for us. We hit another foul off to Pensacola. I wonder if they are going to start a war with us for doing this again?

11:00 a.m. Still calm out there. No wind, just some rain. Is there really a storm out there?

12:30 p.m. First signs of the storm finally. The wind is picking up, the trees sway in rythym now. We can actually hear the wind in the trees. The front door just creaked from a blast of air. The rain is picking up. It's almost show time.

2:30 p.m. The power has been out for about an hour and just came on again. Still the trees sway and the rain is light. Hope the power stays on for a while, this house heats up pretty quickly when out. WHen the power went out it was pretty funny. My seven year old son was sitting next to me, when suddenly it goes dark in the room. A boarded up house is dark, even in the light of the day. He jumps straight up and proclaims for all, "It's here!" He is pretty worried about this storm. I try to tell him it will all be fine, but he doesn't stray far from me.

3:30 p.m. This reporting is hard work. Time for a nap!

10:00 p.m. Been a long day, wasted. To wrap things up, this was the storm that never was. I tried to call the news station to get a camera crew to the house to recap the devastaion, two twigs on the driveway. We all gathered around them and gave thought to how this would impact our lives. It is a memory I wanted to make sure my kids kept forever. Total cost at home, one power source on one computer, in addition to the two twigs we found on the driveway. To the city of Mobile, they all evacuated for nothing. I had to drive up to work to check on my location and all was well. I am tired, I am calling it a day. Good night world, Mobile is once again safe. Thanks also to our governor and mayor, our lives have been spared.