The hurricane news looks pretty dire.

It might be that in almost a week, the after-weather from this hurricane will reach my area. My friend Mike told me I should get some bottled water and stored water in case power or water gets shut off then. It’s not a bad idea. Maybe I should make sure there’s lots of ice too, to keep a shut-off refrigerator cold. I keep water-filled bottles in the freezer to take up space. I guess there will be more flooding to come, since the 10-day forecast says day after day of rain.

The Monongahela River, one of the 3 that meet in Pittsburgh, flows north towards the city — so the rain pouring in West Virginia will affect it, the news said, and will cause problems.

I’ll be here wringing out my mop.