Here’s a little look at just some of the stuff we have in our hurricane kit. … Read More
It’s that time of year…
It’s that time of year again, when Floridians check their supply of bottled water, canned tuna, and Pop-Tarts. “How can you live in Florida where there are hurricanes?” Because we don’t get them every year (and likely won’t get this one, either), and when we do get them, we usually have over a week’s notice, … Read More
Wx Alert: Heads up!
Hurricane Arthur is spinning off the eastern coast of the US. Anyone in that region needs to pay attention to this storm. Here are a couple of links for you to stay up to date: National Hurricane Center FLHurricane.com – This page isn’t just for Florida storms. They track all Atlantic storms, and have a WEALTH … Read More
And now for something different…
Now that I got today’s spleenage vented… LOL It looks like the release date for Two Geeks and Their Girl (mfm) is going to be August 2…my wedding anniversary. *big grin* Yes, I’m taking that as a good sign. (There are three cameos/references in there that lovers of Tony, my Love Slave for Two series, … Read More
Hurricane Sandy – PAY ATTENTION!
Photo Source Hurricane Sandy is bearing down on the NE United States. Folks, I cannot emphasize this highly enough, this is a MONSTER storm. Its sheer size alone will create havoc when it moves onshore and takes out chunks of the power grid in its path. And don’t pay attention to the LBL (little black line) … Read More
Hunkering down…
Ugh. I hate hurricane season. Fortunately, Isaac will personally be more of an annoyance than a serious problem. I can’t say that for the rest of our area. We aren’t in a flood zone, but as the RNC found out, downtown Tampa is. Not to mention Pinellas county is a peninsula connected to other land … Read More
Weather Tweeters
Okay, for you Tweeps, here’s a list of weather tweeters in case you want to follow them to keep track of #Debby. (And if you want to follow me, I’m @madmumbler ) @CraigatFEMA @StormTeam8WFL @TBOcom @TripicalATL @BrooksGarner @weatherchannel @JimCantore @HurricaneHD @twc_hurricane @wunderground @hurricanes @storm2k_org @twcbreaking @breakingstorm @NWSMelbourne @hurricanetrack @HurricaneCity @Watkinstrack @BigJoeBastardi @cfhc @NASAHurricane @CNN_HurricaneHQ @StormVisuals … Read More
My wet corner of the world right now…
In case you were curious, this is what our local radar looks like. We’re about to get hammered by rain again. LOL
"Debby does…" Well, pretty much everywhere.
Source: National Hurricane Center I can’t imagine weather forecasters all over aren’t making off-air jokes about the potential for the tropical blob currently in the Gulf of Mexico to become Debby in the next day or so. The nice thing is, this is a huge drought-buster for the state of Florida. I know Georgia is … Read More
Heads up, folks. Irene’s on the way.
People tell me, a native Floridian who’s never lived anywhere else, they would never want to live in Florida for a number of reasons, but they normally rank hurricanes at the top of the list. Fortunately for us, direct strikes by massive storms on our state aren’t that common. But as the current storm, Irene, … Read More
Clear (?) skies and writing work habits.
Well, we survived the storm. Luckily it wasn’t much of an impact on our area. Still have the boards up, but we’ll get those down in the next couple of days. A chance comment and reply to a friend on an email list today prompted me to think about this and toss the question out … Read More
Hurry up and wait…
Hurry up and wait… “Hey, Mom, can I have ice cream, because you said we need to eat stuff out of the freezer and we don’t want it to melt.” You can’t argue with a 12 year-old’s logic, can you? So now I’m sitting in my boarded-up house (ie CAVE) waiting for TS Fay (or … Read More