Hurricane Matthew's outer bands are already soaking NC, and it's likely to get worse as the day goes on, so I drove today. Tomorrow is supposed to be nasty.

My dynamo light system is giving me trouble, so I plan to work on it over the weekend and hopefully figure out what's wrong. I had removed the system in spring when I no longer needed lights and reinstalled it a few weeks ago. It was working fine at first, but earlier this week the rear light quit working and the front light started shutting off intermittently. Fortunately, I have an excellent LED rechargeable light that I was able to use as a backup. However, the attachment strap for the rechargeable light broke yesterday morning, so that makes it imperative for me to fix the dynamo system. Whoever says that dynamo lights are trouble-free apparently has had different experiences from mine. In contrast, my LED rechargeables have been more reliable -- assuming that I remember to recharge them (and the mounts don't break). I ordered a new strap for my rechargeable light and hopefully it will arrive soon.