The One with Tropical Storm Fay: by the numbers

• # of dollars spent topping off my gas tank: 40
• # of days the schools (and daycares) were closed: 2
• # of days I got off work: 1
• # of dollars I had to spend on a babysitter: 55
• # of bags of M&Ms I ate: 1 (big one)
• # of times I heard the word "Fay": 2,843

My favorite hurricane lingo:

• "feeder bands"
• "conditions are deteriorating"
• "hunker down"