Top Ten Reasons Hurricane Season Is Like Christmas

Number Ten:
Decorating the house (with plywood).

Number Nine:
Dragging out boxes that haven't been used since last season.

Number Eight:
Last minute shopping in crowded stores.

Number Seven:
Regular TV shows pre-empted for 'Specials'.

Number Six:
Family coming to stay with you.

Number Five:
Family and friends from out of state calling you.

Number Four:
Buying food you don't normally buy . . . and in large quantities.

Number Three:
Days off from work.

Number Two:
Candles.

And the Number One reason Hurricane Season is like Christmas: At some point you're probably going to have a tree in your house!

I just keep tracking Ike, hopefully it will stay away from La. completely. Course just a bit up the road from me is a small house that took a direct hit from a tree in a storm recently. Don't really need hurricane to do that. Judging from a really weird pattern of bent grass in my hayfield, may have had a twister in our area that day.