Bye Bye Ike

Well, forget about Ike visiting FL. Phooey (that's the hurricane junkie talking).

My sister lives in Texas so I hope that Ike spares her any misery.

On a related note, my husband bought me The Hurricane Almanac for our anniversary :) When it gets here, I will be sure to give a review of it! Cool gift, huh? I have my eye on a hurricane textbook on Amazon as well.

Still some time left in the 2008 season for us to see some action.

Ay-yi-Ike!!!

Hanna is going to bring us some welcomed breezes and nothing more in the way of stormy weather. It's kindof cool to look up at the sky and know the clouds I'm seeing are from a tropical storm. I said hello LOL.

But Ike. OMG there's a whole nother story. This monster storm is making a beeline towards Florida, with impacts possible by next Tuesday (I'm sure bands will start coming onshore well ahead of the eye). Of course that's some time away and we're across the state from where the current landfall might be. But part of me knew he was going to nail us. So this weekend will be a Hurricane prep & shop weekend.

Still you have to admire the sheer awesomeness of this photo from space (courtesy NASA):

Hurricane hunters will be flying out tomorrow to get some hard data which will enhance the forecast models.

It's been a wild year and it's not over. More later if Ike decides to vacation in FL.

Stormy update

Sorry about worrying anyone about my lack of updates on Fay. The only effect we had in our neck of the woods was that Fay killed our cable modem.

I feel for all those affected by Fay and now Gustav, literally. All these storms are not this girl's best friend. The rain and changes and pressure wreak havoc on my chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia and chronic daily headaches. Oh and it totally freaked out my dog, Willow, with Fay despite the extreme lack of weather. She was a nervous wreck for hours. The cat is an old pro, so she just slept.

But Fay was a big disappointment here, we got more wind and rain a few days later than we did with her hanging around. Though the kids were happy to have a day off from school, but JB was disappointed he didn't get to use his flashlight for a "hurricane party". More wind and rain from Gustav too, even with us being in FL. Glad to see that Louisiana took him seriously. I fell in love with New Orleans when we visited back in May, I hope the damage is not too severe (and hooray for the heroes at Tulane University Hospital for staying open!! The staff there was *awesome*--you can read about my gall bladder attack over on my main blog).

So here come Hanna and Ike, and possibly TD10 (Josephine). This storm season is so much like 2004/2005, it's eerie.

My chronics are affecting my blogging so I will probably only post sporadically, more when we are being affected. Just keep in mind we have very fickle internet service during storms--don't freak out if you don't hear from me..... you know who you are, I have your phone numbers and won't hesitate to let you know if all heck breaks loose. ;)

Hurricanetrack.com has an awesome book they are hyping, "The Hurricane Almanac"....this weather junkie is probably going to buy it since I can't go to meteorology school just now LOL. I learn more every season, but I am craving for more.

Stay safe, stay dry, stay tuned ;)