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C'mon Irene
UPDATE: The Friday afternoon update shows Irene strengthening, but turning. My blog-hurricane prevention spell is working!!
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Early Saturday morning we're scheduled to set out for a week-long vacation in a beautiful beach house on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Three families, consisting of six adults and nine kids (ages 3 - 14), will make for a full house. But it's a big place, with lots to do and we're sure to have a great time.
At least, that's the plan. It seems Mother Nature may send along an uninvited guest, one of her daughters, Irene. As I write this on Thursday night, the National Hurricane Center in Miami reports that Irene is "continuing to gradually get better organized". That's how tropical storms become hurricanes I guess, they get organized, pack their rain and winds together tightly, and then get moving! The current track shows Irene will join us by 2pm on Tuesday.
What's a traveler to do? We did buy the travel insurance to protect us in such a circumstance, but that only pays us back if we are faced with a mandatory evacuation while we're there. I'm not yet as organized as Irene. I still have packing to do. Nevertheless, this vacation is on, and we won't be turning back unless we have to.
So C'mon Irene, give us a break. As much you'd like to introduce us to such local customs as filling sandbags, boarding up windows, and listening to waves crash in the darkness of a power outage, we would prefer some sunny skies, gentle breezes and comfortable air conditioning, ok?
Comments
She better skip off to the ocean or I'll start telling jokes again... "What do you call a woman with ... I shouldn't jinx the track of her. It looked a lot worse yesterday. I'm really beginning to hate meteorologist, they're just professional BS artist.
cheers
Posted by: TJ at August 12, 2005 10:39 AM