Tonight, Irene.

Why are our porch chairs out on the lawn? We've spent the past day preparing the log house for the imminent arrival of Hurricane Irene, expected to reach Rhode Island late tonight and to hammer us as a Category 1 hurricane until very early Monday morning. While we're away from the coast or major rivers, we're up high at 500 feet (the highest point in Rhode Island is Jerimoth Hill, at just 812 feet), and that means we have more to fear from the wind than from the water.