Greetings From The Land Of Perpetual Summer
So we're now all back from Labor Day weekend, which means summer is more or less officially over for all of you who don't live here in South Florida.
Lucky bastards.
I know I'm only saying this now because it's still hot as balls outside and we're under constant threat of hurricane activity. Once December rolls around I'll be happier.
BTDubs, Hurricane Gustav passed well to the west of us, but we did get a buttload of rain and wind from him on Saturday. Thoughts and prayers go out to everyone up in Louisiana and Mississippi who are dealing with the storm...fortunately it looks like the levees have held and lots of people got out before the storm hit, so the damage was nowhere near as catastrophic as Katrina was. Meanwhile, we should also take a second to remember that our neighbors in the Caribbean (ok, maybe not neighbors to you, but neighbors to South Florida) have really been getting bitch-slapped so far this season, so any happy thoughts or prayers you can send down that way are a good idea as well. The southern and central Bahamas are getting beat up courtesy of TS Hanna (who was a hurricane at one point) too.
So...
While we (meaning So. FL, of course) have been fortunate so far, we are by no means out of the woods. TS Hanna might make landfall in North Florida, but we can't be sure(even the experts at the NHC have been scratching their heads over where she's gonna go). TS Ike is churning and making a beeline for the Caribbean, and TS Josephine's right behind him. Looking at the NHC map is nuts: Gustav, Hanna, Ike and Josephine are all there, either wreaking havoc or gearing up to do so.
As one might expect, this is causing your favorite Jersey girl to suffer some serious agita.
My sister thinks that our stress level regarding all this is so high because we've never had to deal with this situation before. I think that one has to be crazy to at least not be seriously concerned about the potentially life threatening chaos that is developing out there that may or may not choose to strike our general vicinity.
Then again, one would kind of have to chill out and not freak out about the impending doom that we're constantly in sight of. Otherwise, they'd just end up like me.
(But honestly, there may be some brain damage involved. The sun is really strong...maybe it messes with people's brain waves and breaks down whatever mechanism there is that allows one to be seriously concerned about impending doom.)
(And now would be a proper time to admit that I suffer from the constant neurosis that occurs when one leaves their natural home habitat. Feel free to peruse Exhibit A, Exhibit B (second half of post), Exhibit C, and Exhibit D as examples of some special South Florida experiences.)
Now that I have thoroughly abused the usage of parenthetical asides, I guess it's time to get back to work. Storm updates to follow as deemed necessary.
Lucky bastards.
I know I'm only saying this now because it's still hot as balls outside and we're under constant threat of hurricane activity. Once December rolls around I'll be happier.
BTDubs, Hurricane Gustav passed well to the west of us, but we did get a buttload of rain and wind from him on Saturday. Thoughts and prayers go out to everyone up in Louisiana and Mississippi who are dealing with the storm...fortunately it looks like the levees have held and lots of people got out before the storm hit, so the damage was nowhere near as catastrophic as Katrina was. Meanwhile, we should also take a second to remember that our neighbors in the Caribbean (ok, maybe not neighbors to you, but neighbors to South Florida) have really been getting bitch-slapped so far this season, so any happy thoughts or prayers you can send down that way are a good idea as well. The southern and central Bahamas are getting beat up courtesy of TS Hanna (who was a hurricane at one point) too.
So...
While we (meaning So. FL, of course) have been fortunate so far, we are by no means out of the woods. TS Hanna might make landfall in North Florida, but we can't be sure(even the experts at the NHC have been scratching their heads over where she's gonna go). TS Ike is churning and making a beeline for the Caribbean, and TS Josephine's right behind him. Looking at the NHC map is nuts: Gustav, Hanna, Ike and Josephine are all there, either wreaking havoc or gearing up to do so.
As one might expect, this is causing your favorite Jersey girl to suffer some serious agita.
My sister thinks that our stress level regarding all this is so high because we've never had to deal with this situation before. I think that one has to be crazy to at least not be seriously concerned about the potentially life threatening chaos that is developing out there that may or may not choose to strike our general vicinity.
Then again, one would kind of have to chill out and not freak out about the impending doom that we're constantly in sight of. Otherwise, they'd just end up like me.
(But honestly, there may be some brain damage involved. The sun is really strong...maybe it messes with people's brain waves and breaks down whatever mechanism there is that allows one to be seriously concerned about impending doom.)
(And now would be a proper time to admit that I suffer from the constant neurosis that occurs when one leaves their natural home habitat. Feel free to peruse Exhibit A, Exhibit B (second half of post), Exhibit C, and Exhibit D as examples of some special South Florida experiences.)
Now that I have thoroughly abused the usage of parenthetical asides, I guess it's time to get back to work. Storm updates to follow as deemed necessary.
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