Wish I could give more details but I gotta be quick. Dad is still in the hospital after undergoing surgery but he is doing okay and is just resting and recovering. I hope they keep him there for the time being until the Tropical Storm/Hurricane blows over. In the meantime my sisters and I are helping mon to try and deal with the bills such are the mortgage and power/essentials and such. So far my cell is the closest thing to a computer we have in our house and I'm trying to keep track of everything, which was very hard to do until we finally got the lawyers involved to finally give us power of attorney. You can't tell how frustrating it was to try and deal with these people to help my folks but they won't without my dad present, despite him being laid up after his coma.

Aside from that I have been going through the house and making sure we are prepped this time. We won't get caught flat footed like when Irma came. Spare battery packs, helpful since the batteries dad had stored burst and ruptured 15 years ago. Lots of bottled water and other drinks, foods we don't need to heat such as spam and teeny weenies and sardines and crackers. Gonna make sure our thermoses are filled with hot coffee so mom doesn't waste a whole fuel cube for a single freaking cup. I'm still frustrated at her for doing that. 12 individual MRE meals and heating elements and an emergency food bucket with 55 servings. Found out the hard way that tiny breakfast bags of cereal, despite being sealed, taste super nasty 2 years past their sell by date.

Gonna pack in the hose and yard chairs tomorrow, fill up the gallon tubs that held the cat litter with water to use just in case after I rinse them out.

And then sort out my available ammo and clean my guns for any pesky looters or gators that try to intrude. Hopefully my pair of .22 revolvers will be enough but I also have a .22 rifle and my trusted 9mm with multiple magazines. If I don't have to use them, then great. If I do, then they got what was coming.

Hope to ride this out without any issues. Hope dad will be okay. Hope things get better eventually. Till then folks, take care and stay safe.