The peak of Hurricane Season is starting.

Trade

Trade

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So far we've been lucky in that there haven't been a lot of storms and the ones we have had have not come ashore. But September is the biggest month for Hurricanes so I'll be hoping our luke doesn't run out. Right now there is an area off the coast of Africa that could turn into trouble.

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We just hang out at home, sandbag the garage door and the back door and hope for the best. Thank goodness we're on a bit of a slope and get good drainage of the property.

At the previous home, we'd put up the plywood on the windows when a bad one was coming, but we don't have shutters or plywood for these windows (big ones in the front) so we just hope for the best.

We have massive oaks in the front yard and that makes me nervous every year. In the almost five years we've been living here, no trees have gone down in the neighborhood and everyone has big oaks. Limbs fell, yes, but the trees have held.
 
Hurricanes are always a concern for south Texas. Where I live is far enough inside the state that's it's generally not impacted, except for the potential of flooding rains. The worst hurricane in United States history was the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, which killed up to 12,000 people in Texas.

Then there was Hurricane Katrina, which hit our neighboring state, Louisiana, in 2005, killing over 1800 people, and causing more than 125 billion in damage.
 
This one has me worried. Apparently it's not going to make the big turn to the north and stay out to sea like the ones before it. And the water temperature in the Gulf of Mexico is very warm. It's 85 degrees here in the northern Gulf. :(Untitled design.jpg
 
Trade said:
So far we've been lucky in that there haven't been a lot of storms and the ones we have had have not come ashore. But September is the biggest month for Hurricanes so I'll be hoping our luke doesn't run out. Right now there is an area off the coast of Africa that could turn into trouble.

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As long as it stays out of the Gulf, our home should be OK.
 
We had our share of hurricanes when I was growing up on Long Island. Later I worked on some of them when I was involved in climatology. I guess the worst was a bit before my time in 1938 (I was a year old) when the barrier islands were breached and the ocean visited the small towns.

Hurricane Carol caused havoc on the east coast when I was a senior in high school in 1954.
 
@Trade I hope you are minimally impacted this year. I know hurricanes in Florida are impacting the price of homeowners' insurance. Another one is the last thing you need.

Having lived 18 years in South Florida, I went through Hurricane Andrew in '92. It was forecast to hit mid-Miami and we were sitting ducks in our first-floor condo with no protection on the windows. We drove to Tampa to stay with relatives and when we came home we learned we were fine but south Miami was devastated. One never knows exactly where they will hit.

We lived 25 miles from the coast when we last lived in South Florida but still lost 21 roof tiles and a 2-story tree after Wilma. It was eerie. We sat in the house in complete darkness with all the hurricane shutters closed and listened to it come through After several days with no power, blinking stoplights and no grocery stores open after business hours we decided we'd had enough.
 
I am in southern Middle Tennessee. We sometimes see the residual affects of the outer bands if the weather is just right.

Guess I should start paying more attention to the Weather Channel. If that hits the Gulf with the water temps as high as they are, my area will probably see something. We really need the rain, but we donā€™t need what might come along with it.
 
I just saw a new "spaghetti model". Two of the routes look like they might just run right over us. Sigh. Here we go again.

Last year, I had a six a.m. flight out of the Sanford airport and it was cancelled at 2 a.m. because Allegiant was trying to get all their planes that were at the Sanford airport out of Dodge and it was taking all the pilots and crew to man them. Even though the storm was not going to be here for days, they cancelled all the flight.

Of course, I got a refund and a $100 voucher to use on another flight. Well, I have another flight.....and it's probably going to be cancelled. It's MY turn to get out of Dodge, dammit!
 
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Well this is a good sign. It's gotten a lot weaker in the past 2 days. Still gotta watch it though as these things ramp up really fast when the water is this warm.

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