Hurricane Watch

Once again, it is The Season, meaning "hurricane season," and we here on the East Coast of the US are all tracking the progress of the latest threat, named Hurricane Irene, that seems to be the most serious hurricane projected to hit this area in years.  For once Florida and the Gulf Coast, the areas that usually suffer the brunt of these annual storms, are safely out of the way.  At least, we should not have quite the same situation as with Hurricane Katrina, when a major US city was practically destroyed - helped immensely by the incompetence of the political leaders at the time.  Thank heavens they are no longer in power!

But this time, the Big Apple, aka New York City which is America's major city, falls right in the projected tracking path of Hurricane Irene.  Coastal areas everywhere along the Eastern Seaboard are being evacuated and the Big Apple is no exception.

I remember that it was about this time in 2010 when HWMBO and I spent a few days in Ocean City, MD.  Had we planned a similar excursion this year, we would have been forced to leave the area, as have several hundred thousand people already.  So, here we are at home, hunkered down with food and water supplies, batteries and charged cellphones, hoping that we are far enough away from the eye of the hurricane that we will escape the worse of the storm, whatever happens.  We are far enough away from the coast that for us, the worst is likely to be wind, rain and power outages.

We are still hoping that the projected storm track will not be accurate and that the major force of the hurricane will veer out to sea and dissipate so that the worst of the property damage can be avoided.  We especially hope that there will be no loss of life or injuries.  There have already been economic damages for those businesses that count on holidaygoers during the summer season.  Let us hope that their businesses will also not be physically destroyed.

On Sunday, Sweet Momma H has booked a special event with Prince Tyger's upcoming third birthday in mind.  She is still planning for the event to take place.  If it does take place, that will mean that we here will have survived the worst of the disaster.  Let us all hope for that!  For everyone!