Pretty blustery here today, but a beautiful sunrise with stacked cumulous and intermittent showers all day.  The storm has gained strength; now a Cat 5, and slowing to a crawl over the northern Bahamas.  Still forecast to turn north as the Bermuda high deteriorates, but we still don’t know when.  We plan to evacuate to The Little Hacienda West in St. Pete if it looks like we’re going to get too much.  We’re not too worried about the house.  It’s solid block on an 18-inch slab, with Dade Pine joists and rafters, but we’re worried about storm surge.  Matthew drew by pretty close a few years ago and nearly breached the A1A, and there are plenty of weak spots nearby.  Our dune is much more heavily vegetated than most along the coast road, we’re a good 20-feet above sea level, and there’s a good indentation between the road and the house because the lot wasn’t dozed on construction back in ’49.  We sit atop the old second dune from the ocean.  Still, if it’s close, we could get some water.  Final decision tomorrow.  Worst comes to worse, we can lash ourselves to a tree out back, or under the deck, where it drops off another 12 feet.  The official forecast calls for 5-8 inches of rain, and maybe tropical storm winds.  We can deal with that.  We want to stay to mop up if we need to.  All dependent on when it turns north.