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Hurricane Fiona

Lilysmom1 — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 09:16:53 GMT

We are in prep,for,this, Arrival 2 am Saturday. Rain in advance. This storm is being called historic. It will collide with a cold weather system coming from the north. While there are no large trees close to the house, our property has many towering hardwood trees. Dorian was bad. This is supposed to be worse.

Our whole home generator just kicked in. Power outage before the hurricane. Yikes!

Say a prayer for us! We prepped as well as we can. Now we hunker down. LM

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Greeneyedlady21 — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 09:34:03 GMT

Stay safe @Lilysmom1 , you are very lucky to have a generator. Fiona has devastated Puerto Rico, no power and all the other problems. They were still recovering from the last awful hurricane.US territory

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Desertdi — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 09:59:29 GMT

@Lilysmom1 Am asking Francis of Assisi (patron of the environment) to look after you. di

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PamfromCT — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 11:04:18 GMT

@Lilysmom1, You bet I will be praying for you! When I saw the projected storm map on the news last night, I immediately thought of you and became very worried.

You will be in my prayers! I am thankful that no trees could hit your home, at the very least. Been through something like this years back, and you never forget. Please take care. Let us know how you are doing, if you can.

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willomenia — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 11:50:14 GMT

@Lilysmom1 wrote:
We are in prep,for,this, Arrival 2 am Saturday. Rain in advance. This storm is being called historic. It will collide with a cold weather system coming from the north. While there are no large trees close to the house, our property has many towering hardwood trees. Dorian was bad. This is supposed to be worse.

Our whole home generator just kicked in. Power outage before the hurricane. Yikes!

Say a prayer for us! We prepped as well as we can. Now we hunker down. LM

Where are you located?

@Lilysmom1 wrote:
We are in prep,for,this, Arrival 2 am Saturday. Rain in advance. This storm is being called historic. It will collide with a cold weather system coming from the north. While there are no large trees close to the house, our property has many towering hardwood trees. Dorian was bad. This is supposed to be worse.

Our whole home generator just kicked in. Power outage before the hurricane. Yikes!

Say a prayer for us! We prepped as well as we can. Now we hunker down. LM

Where are you located?

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PINKdogWOOD — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 12:24:01 GMT

@Lilysmom1 Oh my, been thinking of you with this storm all week. Glad to hear from you, glad you checked in with us.

Batten down the hatches, with the gennie purring already, sounds like you and your husband have been prepping at least all week. I'm hoping you can remain safe. I'll be watching your weather patterns throughout the weekend saying some prayers for you folks, the entire coastline.

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meallen616 — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 12:32:09 GMT

@Lilysmom1,and everyone,

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On It — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 12:39:02 GMT

Thankfully you are prepared. This thing sounds horrific. Take care and if you can, let us know how you are doing. We will be thinking about you.

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lynnie61 — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 12:40:57 GMT

@Lilysmom1 Keeping you in my prayers. Hope it passes quickly with no damage. Take care!

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PamfromCT — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 12:59:25 GMT

@willomenia, She lives in Canada, close enough to the coast to be potentially affected. @Lilysmom1 Has a lovely home by a lake with spectacular gardens on their property. Usually I would not answer for another poster, but in this case I will.

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catter70 — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 13:22:30 GMT

Prayers for all in the line of this storm.

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Lilysmom1 — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 13:57:00 GMT

Hi everyone.

Just checking in. For those who don't know, I live in Nova Scotia on the East Coast of Canada. Halifax is my home (the capital city). I am one half hour from Peggy's Cove. I am sure if you google Peggy's Cove and Hurricane Fiona tomorrow you will get an eyeful of sea conditions.

We have been here before, the last big hit was in 2019 with Hurricane Dorian. We have done more than we have ever done before in terms of prep. All weather stations are calling this one 'historic' which is not very reassuring. It is big and will take more than 14 hours to pass. Calling for 80 mm tonight and 50+mm tomorrow.

The worst happens overnight. For some reason, we had. Power outage this morning which lasted a couple of hours. It is fine now but I am sure we will lose power again.

Thanks for the prayers. Will check in later. LM

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Iwantcoffee — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 14:00:46 GMT

Praying for you.

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cindyNC — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 14:03:08 GMT

@Lilysmom1 Stay safe.

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shoesnbags — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 14:03:27 GMT

@Lilysmom1

My heart is with you, and my prayers too. Our whole house generator was a real blessing after Hurricane Ida last year.

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shoesnbags — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 14:10:55 GMT

@Lilysmom1

It may be too late to be asking this, but do you have extra oil and filter for your generator? In case of extended power outage, like more than a week, whole home generators can require an oil change. The length of time depends on make and model. We learned this when Hurricane Ida had our power out for 10 days.

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Snoopp — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 14:13:38 GMT

@Lilysmom1 update us when you can. Fingers crossed you do ok.

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BlueFinch — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 14:36:34 GMT

I, too, was thinking of your location being in harm's way. Of course you and your family's safety is of most importance, so please be careful.

That said, I so hope your lovely property doesn't suffer any significant damage. It's clear your gardens are truly a labor of love, that we've all enjoyed following. Hopefully Fiona will lose a little steam and won't be as bad as predicted.

Thoughts will be with you. Hang in there.

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Nataliesgramma — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 14:38:37 GMT

Thinkng of you and hoping for the best...

My daughter moved to Sarasota and now looking at the Weather channel today, I am stressed out for her too...

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Kachina624 — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 15:53:41 GMT

@Lilysmom1 As soon as I heard that thing was heading North toward Canada, I thought of you. I guess your drought is about to be broken. I just hope and pray the wind doesn't do too much damage. Then, in addition to prep for winter, there will be clean up to do. Fingers crossed that it's minimal.