Our main focus here in central Florida is the big blow coming this way. The current storm track has it coming on shore near Fort Myers and heading up the center of the state, straight through Ocala.

I've been watching the National Hurricane Center for the past few days, and put a link on our home page. It's a good source of information, but somewhat technical, so you have to read close and take your time to process the information given.

Current conditions here are humid, calm and very overcast. We're just waiting for things to start happening. Later today I'll fill up the bathtub for a supply of water to flush in case we lose our water, we have candles and batteries and we're distilling water for drinking. And Karen has her supply of granola trail mix.

There's been predicitions that we could potentially lose power for up to two or more days here if the winds get rough. Current thought is we'll see 35-50 mph steady winds with gusts up to in excess of 65 mph. Up to 8 inches of rain is also being predicted.

At work we're watching and waiting while the District office waits and decides what's going to happen. The Postals Service's Rapid Information Bulletin Board Service (RIBBS) provides information on a variety of matters of interest to mailers, notably for us, conditions in areas impacted by weather and other natural events. The plants south of us in Ft. Myers, Manasota, Tampa and St. Petersburg all shut down this am for at least two shifts while our plant in Gainesville as of the last information I had had not made a decision on the matter.

If they do, that will affect us tomorrow in an undetermined way. So, we wait and see. If we have power I try to add an update to our situation later today or tomorrow as time allows.

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