The completion of our hurricane curtain installation was last Tuesday. We're in Merida now but I wanted to put up the rest of the pictures for those of you in hurricane country.

I was amazed at how casual they were about being up on this humongous ladder, can you see that the guy at the bottom is having a cigarette? Standing next to the propane tanks?

It went pretty smoothly, they covered all the windows on the back and the side of the condo.

There was some discussion about whether we really needed the ones between the buildings covered. We decided to do it as it didn't cost much compared to the large front windows and the bedroom on that side is our 'safe room', where we store important stuff and where we would hide out if we stayed in the condo. I wanted it to stay as dry as possible.

Here you can see the safety equipment at work. He tied himself to the ladder with that red cord around his waist!

The bedrooms are definitely darker now, I like it as it is better for sleeping. It's cooler too I think.

We'll leave these high windows covered until hurricane season is over, sometime in November. We'll have to see who we can get to put them up and take them down. Finding someone with a ladder tall enough is a big part.

In this picture you can see that this guy didn't bother tying himself to the ladder with the red rope.

I think the windows look like they are in a strait jacket. We will be able to open a couple of windows behind the curtains so the pressure stays equal inside and out. We'll probably do that in the bathrooms because some water will come in.

So, we're as prepared as we're going to get. I do feel a lot better about it now even though I hope we don't need them. Particularly if we want to go north or travel during hurricane season, we'll be able to wrap it up and secure everything and go without worrying as much.