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hurricane shutters are mostly up.

Perfect for watching movies in the middle of the day.

Black and Decker Battery 1 from Drill died. Black and Decker Battery 2 from Drill died. Black and Decker portable vacuum dies after about 10 seconds -- which means we can't get very dirty. Black and Decker portable screwdriver died at the end with about 5 shutters left to put up.

I bet you cannot guess what brand I won't be buying to replace the current ones.

Oh, as a side note, the drill came with two batteries, I purposely checked both yesterday, one was a little low so I charged it last night. The other seemed ok. This morning, both were dead. Lowes has replacement batteries that are 60% of the cost of the drill to begin with. So, if two replacement batteries are 20% more than buying a new one with two batteries, why would anyone continue to buy Black and Decker?

I should have never strayed from Milwaukee powertools. After Wilma and before Alpha, I will be buying a Milwaukee Cordless. For $30 more than the replacement batteries for the B&D, I can get a Milwaukee. Perhaps I'll also send a letter to Black and Decker -- although, I doubt they care.

As for the weather here, it is quite odd. Cloudy with bursts of sunshine and blue sky around. Back out to put up the very last shutters. Tested the generator, then to clean the gutters.

Ahh Florida. I wouldn't live anywhere else. Except maybe 65 miles east of here.