Bad Moon Rising

Oh dear, EnviroCan is warning that the island is going to take a kicking, several kickings in succession, starting tonight and running through Sunday. It reminds me of John Fogerty singing this:

I hear hurricanes a blowing

I know the end is coming soon

I fear rivers over flowing

I hear the voice of rage and ruin

Well don't go around tonight,

Well it's bound to take your life,

There's a bad moon on the rise, oh right

Hope you got your things together

Hope you are quite prepared to die

Looks like we're in for nasty weather

One eye is taken for an eye

This time they've issued something called a "Special Weather Statement." It sounds kind of apocalyptic. The local authorities are telling us to lay in extra water, lots of batteries and flashlights, tinned and dried foods, all the good "end of days" stuff.

Most of us have all that stuff all the time anyway. We're regularly hectored by our government to maintain earthquake preparedness. It sounds like they're expecting widespread and prolonged electrical outages. Okay, no internet. I'm lucky. My stove and hot water are gas and that's rarely knocked out and I've got an ample supply of well seasoned wood for the wood stove. Candles galore. Somehow, over the years, I've accumulated a load of candles. Maybe they've been breeding. 

Right now it's sunny with hardly a cloud in the sky. In a matter of hours that will apparently no longer be the case. The big question now is if we'll get hammered by three severe storms or four.

If you don't hear from me for a few days, you'll know why.