Good morning, all.

Longtime friends are wonderful. I've have someone who has been a friend since second grade. He lives less than half a mile away and his daughter is our goddaughter.

Isaias proceeds toward us (now about 75 miles out) and it isn't looking good. Already 160,000 homes without power in our local utility's area and it looks like some tornados have touched down. Of course, we (the western burbs) are somehow dead center in its path.