Off topic - I have a very good friend and former boss who is the General Manager of the ABC affiliate in Greenville, NC. They are expected to be the first to be hit by Hurricane Irene when she makes landfall. If you have Direct TV and want to see how this plays out, they are airing his stations newscasts on nationwide coverage. Say a prayer for these hardworking people this weekend

**from my friend and former GM Lyle Schulze "WCTI-TV Newschannel 12 - watch us at 12M on Direct TV Channel 259, 325, 349. The storm is bearing down on us right now. We have had wind approaching 60mph. It is relentless and we have at least 9 more hours of this growing crescendo of the storm until we see landfall" they are expected to be the first in the country to be hit by Irene**

Sacha

Very scary! I am definitely praying for everyone!

I'm right on the line here in Maryland of getting bad or really bad weather out of this. If the eye moves 20 or 30 miles to the west, we get much srtonger wind and rain out of this one. Everythings moved inside, we got lots of candels and batteries and a case of Yuengling. Tomorrow will be an interesting day!