Hey, Idiot! Outta here! Now!
Charley's position, as of 11 a.m.: 25.4 N, 82.7 W
Gov. Bush and several state officials have been speaking at back-to-back news conferences, in very stern tones. Basically, they're saying that if you're still listening to them from your couch in Pinellas or Manatee counties, you're stupid.
However, if you wind up stuck in traffic, you're stupid, too. So at this point, wherever you are is where you should stay. No problem for us; we're staying here.
The bridges across Tampa Bay have been closed to westbound traffic. That means people can get off the islands, but nobody is allowed back.
The local electric utility is cutting power to beachside communities, in a further effort to 1/keep people safe or 2/chase them away. Probably a lot more of "2."
Tornadoes are starting to hit the inland counties southeast of us, around Lake Okeechobee. That activity will come at us from the right as the main event comes in from the left.
That's what we're hearing. Here's what we're seeing:
In my neighborhood, nobody has boarded windows, including us. In our case, it's not because we don't think our windows aren't going to be blown out, but because we never got around to buying plywood. For most of our neighbors, we're told, that's also pretty much the case.
The sun has actually emerged through the cloud cover. There is still absolutely no breeze of any sort. It's mid-80s, still sticky.
One of the Old Daughter's friends is over here keeping her occupied. The other kids have been set down for naps, in anticipation of a long night. I probably should be working right now, but I can't stay focused on it. Pretty much everything we can do is done. Time for me to make a few laps of the house to see what I'm missing.
Gov. Bush and several state officials have been speaking at back-to-back news conferences, in very stern tones. Basically, they're saying that if you're still listening to them from your couch in Pinellas or Manatee counties, you're stupid.
However, if you wind up stuck in traffic, you're stupid, too. So at this point, wherever you are is where you should stay. No problem for us; we're staying here.
The bridges across Tampa Bay have been closed to westbound traffic. That means people can get off the islands, but nobody is allowed back.
The local electric utility is cutting power to beachside communities, in a further effort to 1/keep people safe or 2/chase them away. Probably a lot more of "2."
Tornadoes are starting to hit the inland counties southeast of us, around Lake Okeechobee. That activity will come at us from the right as the main event comes in from the left.
That's what we're hearing. Here's what we're seeing:
In my neighborhood, nobody has boarded windows, including us. In our case, it's not because we don't think our windows aren't going to be blown out, but because we never got around to buying plywood. For most of our neighbors, we're told, that's also pretty much the case.
The sun has actually emerged through the cloud cover. There is still absolutely no breeze of any sort. It's mid-80s, still sticky.
One of the Old Daughter's friends is over here keeping her occupied. The other kids have been set down for naps, in anticipation of a long night. I probably should be working right now, but I can't stay focused on it. Pretty much everything we can do is done. Time for me to make a few laps of the house to see what I'm missing.
posted by rj at 12:08 PM
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