Hatches??? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Hatches...

It's going to be an interesting few days for a number of ANN Staffers and their families.

As Hurricane Irma bores in on the East Coast of Florida, ANN's Tom Patton is ready to head for higher ground, Chris Odom is weather-proofing his home and hoping for the best, Barry Pruitt and his wife (a new addition to the ANN crew) are heading NorthWest, Nathan, Bri and Laura are well outside the storm's influence, and Jim and his wife, Masako (just outside the current evacuation zone), may try to ride it out with plenty of water, a generator, gas grill, lots of munchies, a six-pack or two (maybe three...), and a cat and dog -- as well as a few friends that may need to get out of flood zones.

For the moment, normal news production should continue -- though possibly on a slightly reduced schedule depending on how long the storm's effect continues, though we are in a position, even if the power goes out, to be able to keep up with the most important of the latest news. We have a reasonable expectation of being able to produce Airborne Unlimited on Monday, but Tuesday may be late/affected if Monday's weather creates power outages, but again, we'll do our best... though the episode may show up late in the day. Of course, if the hurricane track changes again, all bets may be off--though we'll do our best to keep you updated.

Laura Hutson has the helm for normal Airborne operations next week, and with luck, we'll have some good stories to tell and no real damage to report... wish us all luck!

FMI: jim@aero-news.net