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And Now Izzy

Looks like the first storm of the season will arrive tonight (I'm actually writing this post on Thursday, so if that changes I'll correct or delete this. which you'll never know unless I don't. Blogging paradox!) Whoever names these hurricanes needs to be locked in a room and forced to recite tongue-twisters for a week as punishment for this almost unpronounceable tag. Eee-sah-eee-ahs? Hell with it. I'm calling it Izzy.

We're ready as ever, and plan to have Oliver and his parents come and stay with us if Izzy arrives with 50mph or higher winds.

If we are knocked offline by the storm the blog will roll on; I've already worked up and pre-scheduled posts to publish daily through the first week of September. Writing and taking pictures for the blog has helped me work through a lot of my issues this summer, plus it gives me something positive to focus on every day.

Friday update:

On the plus side, as of Friday morning it looks like the storm has jogged a little more east; on the downside it will probably strengthen over the next 24-48 hours. If the forecast remains true then the outer wind bands should just brush us.

We're on the left/clean side of the storm, so that's also good. The dirty side, aka the upper right front quadrant, is where you do not want to be when a hurricane strikes. Remember all the damage we had from Irma? That is usually what happens when you're on the dirty side.

Saturday update:

Looks like the rain and winds (28 mph estimated) will arrive here at 4:00 pm tomorrow. It may be worse if the storm jogs more to the west, but I think we'll be okay.

Sunday update:

Woke up this morning to a beautiful day with absolutely clear skies, which as you can see from this projected radar screen shot will go bye-bye a little after noon today.

Hurricane Izzy got some of its stuffing knocked out between the islands and Florida, and has been downgraded to a tropical storm. We'll still have some wind and rain, but nothing like we were expecting.

And that, my pals, is how we track a storm during hurricane season. :)

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Maria Zannini said…
Good luck! Update us on the aftermath when you can.
August 2, 2020 at 5:47 AM
nightsmusic said…
I did wonder how you were fairing, but I see it's going to be a bad storm which is still not good, but better than it could be. We are getting poured on today but nothing like some of the storms that have rolled through this summer. There are a lot of places though under flood watch again.

Stay safe! Check in when you can. *hug*
August 2, 2020 at 6:26 AM
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