Hanna (I'm glad to say) was pretty anticlimatic in my area also. Sister Annie, over on the Eastern Shore, said it was no worse than a nor'easter when it passed through there. Brought some much needed rain here, and moved through fast enough to not cause major flooding. Not sure about Down East, but here on the Piedmont, the water tables are so depleted that it isn't even muddy, after 3 inches fell. Creeks rose quickly, then dropped just as fast. The power didn't even flicker.

My heart goes out to the people of Haiti, Cuba and other Carribbean locales as Ike approaches. For many, their daily lives are ones of quiet desparation. They are now already in very dire straits from the effects of Gustav and Hanna.

Prayer won't protect them, but I pray for them, nonetheless.