At 10:15am we continue to see intermittent rain and winds here. Currently winds are at 21 mph from the NE with gusts up to 38 and we've received over one and a half inches of rain.

The concern now is NEXRAD radar (current image) is showing a feeder band heading towards us with significant heavy weather. This band contains a lot of wind and rain and could cause trouble here soon.

We stood in the screen room overlooking the back yard and watched the trees swaying just 10-15 feet from the house and had to wonder what could happen. At least with the winds from the NE if a tree did go down it would most likely fall away from us.

Some comfort, but not much. With all the rain in recent weeks, and weakened from Frances' wind, it wouldn't take as much to cause problems.

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