Hurricane Dorian is a CAT 5 storm with winds gusting to 185mph. We expect to see CAT2 conditions in our area by Thursday. Except that we are not putting up plywood over the windows this year, our house is fully prepped for the storm.
On the outside, we stripped out most of the flowering annuals;
a hurricane always seems to flatten them to the ground.
We will be removing the vinyl window panels in the Carolina Room on Wednesday so they don't get damaged by the hurricane-force winds. Last night we moved all of the house plants in the Carolina Room away from the windows and stacked them close together in a corner. that way they will still get some light but the wind will be less likely to be able to toss them around.
Our house sits at an elevation of 13', and is just barely outside of a flood zone, so we always have to prepare for the possibility that we may get water inside if the hurricane coincides with a high tide. So just in case we get do get a flood, we rolled up all the carpets, and stacked them atop the table. Then we stacked all of our indoor upholstered furniture on smaller tables so they are at least or more feet off the ground.
Of course, that also means we can't use the table or any of our living room furniture, so we brought the wrought iron patio furniture in from the Carolina room.
Our home is all-electric, so any loss of power would mean we would have difficulty cooking.
To compensate we brought our portable grill and a dozen canisters of propane gas inside.
We've also stacked the freezer full of bottles of frozen water to help keep the food cool as long as possible and placed hurricane lanterns and flashlights in every room.
We've discussed whether we should try to evacuate or not. Just in case a mandatory evacuation is ordered, our bags and emergency gear are packed but, unless things change radically over the course of the next few days, we will stay put.
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