Survivor Week

Hey all. Working hard to get everything ready here in New Jersey for Hurricane Irene after the earthquake that hit here surprisingly from VA.

If anyone wanted to know, horses know when earthquakes are coming! All three of my boys hauled butt to their lean-to in the middle of a gorgeous afternoon. I rolled my eyes at them and walked in the house and went upstairs, and within moments the second story of my house was shaking side-to-side by inches. I literally thought my house was falling down, considering I can't remember the last time I felt an earthquake! The horses then refused to come out of the lean-to until me and my SO went out to 'rescue' them, and found the electric wire in the fence down.

Bigger problems seem to be rolling in this weekend however with Hurricane Irene. For those of you further south then me I wish you the best of luck! Up here in the north east we aren't often prepared for this kind of stuff and our houses are rated for lesser winds/etc.. Further more, just a week or so ago we had terrible storms that brought more then eight inches of rain in two days(actually I heard nine inches, but I'm rounding down!), and we still aren't dry and are getting pummeled by more thunderstorms BEFORE Irene moves in with torrential rain and flooding. Many properties out here are still 'lake-front homes' as huge, deep puddles have yet to dry up... and we're getting more rain! Our coastal regions are beginning to evacuate in the early hours of Friday morning.

Wish us luck! We still haven't decided if we're going to put the boys in the barn or keep them out, but it'll all depend on the wind speeds, which will depend on what level the hurricane is when it rolls in.

To all those out there on the coast line, stay safe!