Down here in south Florida, they call it...."the cone of uncertainty". Or, the wiseguys on radio call it..."the cone of death". Yes, it must be late summer, because once again we're looking a hurricane in the face again. Well, maybe not a hurricane--technically.
As I right this, its a tropical storm, which means that its a few miles-an-hour short of being a legitimate hurricane. Not that I have a problem with that mind you.
We got brushed by Katrina last year, elbowed in the mouth by Wilma, and just missed getting piledriven by countless others. Of course, that doesn't mean that we still don't have the usual amount of idiots on television who say that they are "looking forward to going through a hurricane", so that they can "see what its like". Seriously.
What sort of idiot do you have to be to make a comment like that? I sure don't hear anyone up in Oklahoma talking about how much they look forward to a tornado.
I don't recall hearing anyone from California begging for another earthquake so they can live the experience.
Nitwits.
Meanwhile we'll continue to watch the news and hope that the storm continues to stay at tropical storm intensity. Last year, when we had the two hurricanes impact us, the downtown Ft Lauderdale area took a major hit, with the courthouse having windows blown out and the school board building having one whole side of the place lose literally EVERY single window. Maybe that's why, late yesterday, that we were told that the courthouse was going to be closed Tuesday, Wednesday AND Thursday for a storm that at the time was a tropical storm. The first thought that everyone had was..."there is NO WAY they are going to close the building for that long". Of course, I'm sure the feeling was a "better safe than sorry" sort of thing....and I'm going to hope that I get a free 3 day pass during the week for a storm that doesn't impact us as badly as we might have feared. Time to catch up on some reading and watch a few movies.
Stay dry and safe.
Later,
Jeff
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