No, I shall not be wet by Matthew. The nearest it will come to me is the Jacksonville area, which is 350 miles away.

And my life has been relatively free of nasty reptiles for a few months. My pond developed a leak which was keeping a stretch of my unpaved 1/4 mile long driveway perpetually wet and boggy. So I let the pond dry up, allowing a bunch of ornamental fish to become heron food, and prompting all the cottonmouths to seek more productive feeding grounds. I just resealed the pond yesterday, and am refilling it sans fish. The cottonmouths may stop in to check it out upon occasion, but with no ready food source, they probably won't be inclined to set up housekeeping.