Thank you for the well wishes, I have to say I am scared to death. We were also a victim of Isabel when she came thru here a few yrs back. Irene is suppose to hit us here in VA and I'm not looking forward to it. I live in Newport News and yes, we're going to get it. I know we're going to be w/o power but I won't know for how long. I also have surgery on Monday to boot! :| :thumbdown: