02 days 23 hours 09 minutes as of this typing to Murphy's total solar eclipse!
When we drove home from the gym at 11:30 today, we noticed traffic picking up. LED signs alert drivers that roads will become slow and congested in the next few days. Yesterday when I ran into Ingles for a few forgotten items, the hustling reminded me of hurricane preparations in Florida. Tall bread carts in the bread aisle, dairy coolers being stocked as quickly as possible, and dozens of unopened boxes stacked in every available space. Volunteers will man fire stations Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Cliff will be on duty Sunday. Medics predict more heat strokes, snake bites, allergy to bees stings, etc. because many people are camping in open fields that haven't been used until now. Our county's director of emergency management has advised residents to stock up on groceries and gas, treat it like a snow day, and stay home. With tens of thousands of people expected in Cherokee County from the 19th to the 21st, there will be a decrease in gas and grocery supplies as well as traffic gridlocks. Also, with this influx, cell towers probably won't be able to handle the load.
Local artists have their interpretation of the total solar eclipse on display downtown and t-shirts are available at flea markets, restaurants, and stores. I had thought about creating something to make lots of money, but I'm not that ambitious and it sounded like too much work.
The garden has been cleaned up, green tomatoes brought into the kitchen, and old tired tomato plants cast into the woods. Cliff helped me plant a dozen potatoes for a fall crop, something I've never done before. If they grow, we'll harvest them in November. I also planted a few Lacinato kale seeds. The deer don't eat kale.
When we drove home from the gym at 11:30 today, we noticed traffic picking up. LED signs alert drivers that roads will become slow and congested in the next few days. Yesterday when I ran into Ingles for a few forgotten items, the hustling reminded me of hurricane preparations in Florida. Tall bread carts in the bread aisle, dairy coolers being stocked as quickly as possible, and dozens of unopened boxes stacked in every available space. Volunteers will man fire stations Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Cliff will be on duty Sunday. Medics predict more heat strokes, snake bites, allergy to bees stings, etc. because many people are camping in open fields that haven't been used until now. Our county's director of emergency management has advised residents to stock up on groceries and gas, treat it like a snow day, and stay home. With tens of thousands of people expected in Cherokee County from the 19th to the 21st, there will be a decrease in gas and grocery supplies as well as traffic gridlocks. Also, with this influx, cell towers probably won't be able to handle the load.
The garden has been cleaned up, green tomatoes brought into the kitchen, and old tired tomato plants cast into the woods. Cliff helped me plant a dozen potatoes for a fall crop, something I've never done before. If they grow, we'll harvest them in November. I also planted a few Lacinato kale seeds. The deer don't eat kale.
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