what up, ernesto?

hurricane time.  looks like ernesto's gonna pass to the north and its moving pretty quickly so no one here is seriously worried.  the town is slowly boarding up but there's still plenty people cruising the streets.  rain is off and on, going from serious scary downpour to bits of sunshine and back.  the surf out at the reef is pumping pretty big and there's the start of flooding in the streets and on the beaches.

i have until 5pm to leave the island then all transportation gets cut off.  after talking to guys at restaurants and stores i decided to stay and check it out.  my windows are getting boarded at 3pm and i'm hoping to meet someone having a hurricane party before too long.

all of my toys are charged, unpacked my headlamp and water purifier, discovered a big pack of candles in a drawer, and bought some groceries.  i have several cans of tuna, veggies, corn tortillas and cans of beans.  bought a dozen eggs to boil before the power goes out and will fill all my pots and pans with water.

made a devastating discovery this morning, all alcohol sales were cut off at noon.  i found out at 12:20.  the first store i went to made me put all my beer back in the cooler.  the second store had a cute young boy at the register and i begged and flirted until he sold me 4 beers.  so now i have 5 beers, i'll crack the first one maybe an hour or 2 before landfall.

that first store better watch out, though, if we do get hit by something big.  when people start looting i'm gonna throw a brick through their window and take all their rum.

little rain today