There's a tree on top of the roof and it's branches are scraping against the it and my bedroom window; quite close to busting it out. The lights have been flickering but we still have power and cable, etc., for the meantime, anyway. The wind gusts are pretty awful but not nearly as bad as they are to get later on this morning; each time we get one the entire apartment shakes. Lots of places in town lack electricity and are underwater and the storm surge has already hit 15-16ft. Oh, and I fail to mention that the roof in the bathroom is leaking.

My mother came into my room earlier and found me curled up in a heap of blankets in the floor at the foot of my bed close to tears and shaking. Lots of thumbs, bumbs, bangs, scratches, roaring, and all that other bad stuff associated with hurricanes going on. I am going to freak when the power fails.