Funny    Now I know it's my hair's fault - not mine 
when I need to spend all that money for conditioners, shampoos, some oils, brushes,..........
Thanks! 

Well, I feel so much better knowing that "my" hair isn't the only hair controlling a wallet!! LOL!  

Now if only I could maked those darn strands get a *real* job instead of just hanging around for hand-outs.  

Ditto what Moonchild said, hope you and yours are safely out of the path of the storm.

Let know how you're doing!!

Thanks for the info, NR - I'm sure lots of visitors will learn a bit from this.  Being a Navy brat, I listened to many stories from my dad about hurricanes, tropical storms, etc.  As a baby I know I "survived" a hurricane in a quanset (sp?) hut on base.  I think I'm glad I was too young to remember.    My father always loved to sail, yet I have only been on a sailboat once.  My "peaceful" experiences that might relate would be to be in the northern woods, miles and miles from any city, town or lights.  Sitting under the light of a full moon, maybe watching the northern lights and listening to the sounds of the woods - the frogs, loons, maybe even a wolf. 

Hope the rains are not too bad for you.

This sounds awesome, N_R 

Honestly I would be to scared for something like that. I love the outdoors and all.......it's just something about water and a little boat......

Amazing.

Current Hair Care:
Morning comb-out to get my hair to sit still and remove the sleeping, stray hair halo effect. Evening comb-out and put hair to bed in a bubba-tail. Using the bubba tail at night works really well to avoid tangling and knotting during sleep. Always shea butter the ends.

Washing:
CO wash at least once a week. ACV rinse around every two weeks.

Styles:
As for styles, during the day, a single braid most often, followed by a bubba tail. If I’m not going out in public, I like doing double braids. One day, I’ll get them even and smooth enough to wear out. KB showed me how to get a French braid started, so I’ll be starting to experiment with that too.

Equipment:
Heavenly Harvest horn comb for dry combing; Rachel Stevens #45 for wet and shower combing.
Shea butter for moisturizing the ends and smoothing braids.
Suave Milk and Honey conditioner for washing. Occasionally use SKR because I like the smell; however, it does seem to leave residue on the hair because by day two my hair seems to smell like crayons or paraffin.

All in all, this regime seems to be working fine. Periodically, I’ll do a deep conditioning with virgin coconut oil or coconut milk when I feel my hair needs it.

Hurricane Hair Care
Last week I was in Fort Lauderdale, presumably for FLIBS (Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show); however, Wilma had other plans. As a result, I went to FLL for the hurricane. The forecasts indicated Wilma might be category 1 or tropical storm strength by the time she hit the east coast. In typical weather forecasting tradition, this was waaaay wrong. She slammed into Florida as a cat 3, weakened to a cat 2 (almost cat 3) and pummeled Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties.

I was staying with friends who live on their boat; about 4 am 10/24 we left the boat to go into our offices. Wilma hadn’t yet arrived, but was close. About two hours later, Wilma came roaring into FLL. I’ve seen pictures of the winds of a hurricane, but they do not do justice to actually being there. Wilma was a fast moving storm, so about 3 or 4 hours later we were awaiting the eye and the short lived ensuing calm. MB dared to venture out and check on the boat. By now power was completely out. As we waited for the eye and word from MB the wind direction changed 180 degrees still roaring! The boat was fine; however, MB was stuck in the car at the marina as the backside of Wilma moved over the area. We found out later that FLL never saw the eye; we were too far south.

Later that afternoon, as the skies cleared to a most brilliant blue, we like most folks went out to see what Wilma had done. Evergreen and deciduous trees were either defoliated or had so many broken branches, they looked dead. Typically, Florida is rather green this time of year; however, now the trees looked like winter up north. Palm trees were snapped in half by the force of the wind. Awnings, roofing, tree limbs, power lines, and signal lights were everywhere. One gas station in particular not only lost the overhang over the pumps, but pieces of the sheet metal were ripped away and wrapped around telephone poles and trees many blocks down the road. The carnage was incredible and very sad.

95% of Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade were without power; FPL said this might last for 2 or 3 weeks. Almost all cities were placed under a boil water order. Every town was under a curfew. People that did not prepare properly had no ice, no water, and no fuel. We were fortunate; my friends had prepared well, and living on a boat meant we had plenty of water and power from the boat batteries.

When I left on 11/02, power was restored to many areas, debris was being steadily removed. The long gas lines of the prior 4 days were down to normal. Downtown FLL, which was the hardest hit, still had very spotty power and was still under a boil water order. It was quite the experience, and as I stated, we fared well.

I'm sure Wilma was an experience you will never forget.  I'm glad you survived it.