Tipsy tommyrot!
I do hope your niece and DH get out. Love to all who open their homes to those fleeing. I think I talked to DH once yesterday, which is an indication of how busy he was preparing. Normally I talk to him at least a dozen times. I don't get anxious or freak out normally; I am more a do what you gotta do girl. But my chest hurts thinking about the coming destruction that is out of my control. My family has the means to get out, but too many don't. And maybe stupid because it is property and not life, but the Keys have brought so much joy and I worry they will be destroyed.
I don't mean to be flippant, because I'm definitely thinking of everyone in the path of the storm and hoping for minimal impact.
But between this and the fires on the West Coast, this is starting to feel like the part of the movie where the aliens are trying to wipe things out so they can terraform the planet.
But between this and the fires on the West Coast, this is starting to feel like the part of the movie where the aliens are trying to wipe things out so they can terraform the planet.
I totally feel the same way. I was just saying to a friend last night, that between Harvey, the fires and the heat wave on the west coast, and Irma all happening in two weeks, it feels like the beginning of a horror movie.
It feels like end times. And that's without even mentioning the obscenity in the White House.
I'm glad to hear the family is evacuating, Laura. This storm looks really scary.
sara, what is the M designation for Irma, by the way?
Congratulations on everything working out, tommyrot!
Ah. I probably should have figured that out myself.
It looks like Irma shifted a bit overnight. Now the tracks seem to be trending a bit more easterly. So NC might get hit. I'm far enough inland that a Cat 5 that makes landfall in Wilmington gets knocked down to a Cat 3 or less by the time it reaches me. But that's still a fair bit of storm.
It's so weird to see references to the dangers and fierceness of Irma. My great aunt Irma was a lovely, sweet old lady when I knew her. She was a former hand model, and I got my first manicure as a memorial to her after she died. I think she'd be tickled to hear everyone talking about Irma in this way.
I was talking to my son earlier about Hurricane Andrew. Brendon was only 7 months old when it hit. It was forecast to hit Palm Beach County and we had stayed because my house was an ancient wood structure that had withstood many storms. Then at the last moment it took a wobble and hit 70 miles south of where it was expected. Wilma didn't go anywhere like predicted.
Just talked to DH a few minutes ago. He isn't considering staying.
That's good, Laura. Here's hoping he stays very safe :(
Is anyone else almost expecting the next thing to be a massive earthquake or something? Plague of locusts?
I'm thinking collapse of the economy when Trump and congress fail to raise the debt ceiling.
