Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Hurricane Fay

A catergory 1 hurricane is approaching Florida, and the city of Jacksonville. It's been named Fay-sort of a unusual name, but also sort of pretty-sounding. Anyway, the hurricane should effect us, but nothing more than lots of rain, wind, and general harsh storming. Even so, they've delayed the start of St. Johns county public schools until Monday the 25th. School was originally supposed to start the friday before. The open houses for St. Johns school have been postponed also-until Friday.
We went to the grocery store today, even though we already had dinner for the night. Mom said that we should get some for tomorrow, since we wouldn't want to come out in the bad weather. The store was more crowded than usual-I guess people were stocking up as well. We bought sausages to grill in case the power goes out and we wouldn't be able to cook with the oven (we do have a gas stove, though). My dad went to blockbuster (we got The King of California, the Great Debators, and Star Wars 5) and said it was packed. He said that there were about twenty people in line! That's unusual for the store near us. I guess people were stocking up on movies they could watch while they waited out the storm. Anyway, what I'm saying is: Hurricane Fay shouldn't cause any really serious problems, but losing power is a possibility. The nearby school district is also being careful in letting children come to school. It's not anything Florida hasn't experienced before. Trust me.

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