Just put up most of the storm shutters and I still have current so I can happily post an update.  If you check out the radar, you will see that the storm is composed of two major bands (of rainstorm).  Geographically, I live half way (more or less) between the capital of San Juan and the next town to the south, which is Caguas.  If you access the radar soon after I post this, you will notice the dual bands of rain.  My post above was about the first larger (outer) band hitting us.  The second band is thinner and will pass later on somewhat to our north, but of course promises to bring stronger winds.  That will pass tonight and I fortunately got the shutters up just in time.  Rain for me is not a problem since I live elevated on a rocky hill which is not prone to landslides.  Our problem is the trees, being a wooded area.  The rockiness doesn't allow for deep roots and the trees tend to fall like dominoes in a line if the wind is strong enough.  Back in the eighties when Hurricane Hugo smashed into us, it took me three days of chopping wood (and not with an ax, but a machete!!) to get from my front door down to the road.  Go figure!

"Beware of the man who does not talk, and the dog that does not bark." Cheyenne