Flickr Group: Todo Familia

Weeks ago I posted about bringing more interactivity to this site for family.   I had tons of ideas that I tried to work through and make fun and easy enough for everyone to participate in.   I’m still working on some ideas but in the mean time, I thought of a really cool concept.

A Flickr group for our little family.   I call it Todo Familia.

Sign up for a Yahoo account, then head over to Flickr, add juanito_671@yahoo.com as one of your friends.   Gimme a couple of days to add you to the group then start adding photos to the group!   It’s a great way for everyone to stay connected and share their lives with each other.   I hope we can all take advantage of it.   Let me know what you think in the comments below.

I’ve been monitoring the Doppler, watching Hanna travel along the coast and, finally, towards us.   It seems a lot bigger then it did before, but I am sure that is my imagination.   I’m a little excited and a little nervous.   This is the first hurricane that we’ve ever experienced.   I imagine this is what people feel like when they experience their first earthquake.

Anyway, in case the power goes out, we will lose the house phone.   (side note: I know I said I was going to cancel it, but rather then pay cancellation fees, I thought I would wait until the 1st of Oct.   Rest assured, it will be canceled then.)   Our cell phones might not get reception through the thick cloud cover, but sometimes when you can’t get a voice signal, you can get a data signal.   If I have a data signal than i will send updates, if any, to my Twitter page.

Right now we are under flash flood warning, high wind warning, and tornado warning.   It doesn’t seem like the hurricane will come near us, even though it looks like it might from the satalite images, so we should just a get a few inches of rain and lots of wind.   Hopefully no tornadoes, as they can be hard to see at night!   The wind will more than likely kill our power, but, like I said before, I am more worried about the trees in our backyard.   Most likely they will survive, if not, then hopefully they will fall away from the house.

We’re all set up downstairs, our supplies are ready, and it will soon be time for bed.   I don’t know if I’ll be able to sleep.   If there is enough light outside, I plan on taking pictures of the storm.   The ones I take will go up on my Flickr page, too, so check that one out if you can.

I just checked out the Doppler again.   It crazy watching it roll in like a gigantic cloud.   The beginning will be here in about 15 minutes.

In other news, Chris told me today he wants to play World of Warcraft.   I’ve actually missed playing it, so resigned up and I am about to play it right now on the laptop.   That is, until I get tired or the power goes out.   It’s been a few months since I’ve played, this should be fun.