[Simon]

Hurricane..? Did someone say hurricane? lol

I think today will be put the shutters up day.
(Unless they change the prediction time or path, again, that is.)

My neighbor across the canal has the shutters that are permanently attached and accordion fold into little boxes next to the window when not needed. They're not push button like Cleo's neighbor, but they do close from inside the house, so he can close all the upstairs shutters without a ladder. We have a walkaround upstairs here, but I was still a little jealous of his ability to close all of his from inside. Then this morning I was watching him try to get one upstairs shutter to slide closed. It stuck part way and wouldn't budge. Then he finally got it unstuck... and it came loose from its track and crashed two stories to the ground where it disassembled itself.

He's been working on getting that one shutter put back together and reinstalled, via a ladder, for a couple of hours now.

No longer jealous.

Simon