Most folks know what Florida is focusing on. Big issue with Ida will be flooding. We are in a no-evac, no flood zone, but when 24 inches are forecast, all bets are off. We are slightly elevated, but as a minor precaution I will seal garage door bottom and doors, but unlike the fools standing in a 4 hour line for sandbags, I used Bagged bark chips.
When they get wet, they are as heavy as sand, and when you are done, you can spread them on your garden. Sandbags sit around for years until they become concrete and part of the landscape. This has never failed me.
When I went to HD, there were maybe 4 people doing the same thing. Everyone else was in the wood section trying to buy non-existent plywood.
The Earth Spins 
Did you mean Hurricane Ian?
Judging by models, it’s gonna pour on us in NC, too. We are familiar…
Thanks for the tip. I would never have thought of bark chips.
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Well Done!!!
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Very smart idea…and I wouldn’t have thought of that either.
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I haven’t thought about using bark chips. In Palm Springs, we’d get flash floods that would seep under our French doors and flood our living room with an inch of water. I used panty hose filled with cat litter to line against French doors.
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Praying you are all safe. Brilliant idea with the wood chips!
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Checking in… Hope you/your family are OK.
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No structural damage to our house, but the cleanup will take us a week. We were fortunate. We did not even lose power at our house.
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That’s good news, especially not losing power. Well, the wood chips go into the yard.
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Already started. Going to be a long week.
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Ok… both of you should watch your backs. You know this, just a reminder. As we are older, one FALSE move and back hurts or we trigger the sciatica nerve. PAINFUL
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Believe me, we know when to quit! 🙂
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