First off, I am sorry to be posting so late today. But, Hurricane Earl is heading now towards the Cape and will maintain a 2 Status. This requires us to prepare for some very damaging winds and possible multiple days of power outages. I have been to the market and stocked up on a few extra canned goods. We have secured what we could in the yard and have tested all our oil lamps. Hubby has just cut and singed the new wick ends. We are as prepared as we can be. The telephone has gone through...

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It's the day before we are supposed to get hit with a major hurricane here on Cape Cod. People have been pulling their boats out of the water all day and the tourist are heading back home. I put all my deck furniture away and brought in my plants. Tonight while picking up Sienna at soccer practice I saw at least 15 huge electric trucks heading down Cape. It's good to know that they are on top of things. I think the last big hurricane we got (Bob in '91) we lost power for about a week. In that...

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State of Emergency:State of Emergency Declared Due to Hurricane Earl, on Thursday, September 2, at 3:25 p.m., Governor Deval Patrick has declared a State of Emergency for the entire Commonwealth. He has activated the Massachusetts National Guard and is requesting a Pre-Landfall Federal Emergency Declaration. Filed under: barnstable town council

(warning lots of rant-y swearing NSFW) While this young man makes his point using a whole slew of profanity, he is 100% right. I honestly can not believe we are having this debate in 2010, I mean come on! It makes a certain kind of cynical political sense, I mean the gays and abortion [...]

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see latest posts for updates (these forecasts clarify “for official use only” but they contain information helpful to all of us) NWS reports that Hurricane Earl is now a Category 4 hurricane. Earl currently has maximum sustained winds of 145mph. Its current location is near 30.1N, 74.8W, moving NNW at 18mph. Earl’s projected path now [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Peter Judge, MEMA PIO  September 2, 2010 MEMA OFFERS TIPS TO AS HURRICANE EARL APPROACHES FRAMINGHAM, MA – As Hurricane Earl approaches, The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) recommends a number of steps people can take to help minimize potential damage. “Early planning and preparation can be the key to your [...]