Tropical Storm Cindy

Well, here we go with tropical storm #2 for the Caribbean Mercy. This one is called Cindy. This morning she woke me up at 4:20 with rain beating against the window. I checked and sure enough there was a little bit of a leak so I put down a towel, got up and dressed and started checking out boat deck for other leaks. There were a few very minor ones, one steady drip outside of Tyrone's cabin and one drip right on top of the computer monitor in the Chaplain's cabin. I put out the appropriate buckets and towels.
By the time I got through with that the rain had stopped so I got Keeper and we went for a walk on the dock. The wind was pretty strong and the warehouse was making all kinds of noise as the wind blew through it. I put Keeper on the leash and we walked down to the end. The water is just up to where the concrete slopes and Keeper had fun splashing around. On the way back to the ship we checked out the pool and found the float actually floating in the aligator's domain, but we braved the water and captured it, along with a pair of sunglasses and a deck chair that had flown away from their original resting places. By then the wind was kicking up again so we went back to the ship. Keeper was not enthusiastic about getting back in the kennel, but I baited it with some food, so there she'll stay until the next break in the weather.
The weather man says we are in for some more heavy rain and wind, thunder and lightning and some possible tornados, but for the most part should be gone by this afternoon. The ship is moving around slightly, but no seasick pills are required :) ! We'll keep you posted!