My daughter is sick. She has strep throat. After a visit to the doctor and pharmacist yesterday I decided we would drive by my favorite local grove to see if they were harvesting yet and, perchance, had put up their roadside stand. I figured I was about a month early and I was right. This [...]
Read More →I was with some friends last night and there was a lot of knocking wood related to our hope that Hurricane Paloma would remain a small storm. No such luck. Below is the 7:00 AM release from the National Hurricane Center:
“REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS [...]
Read More →There is a new named storm in the Atlantic basin. Tropical Storm Paloma formed off of the Nicaragua and Honduras and is expected to head toward Cuba over the weekend. Hopefully there is not enough stored energy left in the waters of the Caribbean to allow Paloma to form into a significant storm. We [...]
Read More →Two new named storms in the Atlantic/Caribbean basin. Be merciful Nana and Omar.
Read More →Tropical Storm Fay has left the Keys and is heading toward the southwest Florida coast as I write this. The hype surrounding this storm reminds me of the wonderfully sardonic essay by E. B. White, “The Eye of Edna,” about his hurricane experience in Maine, waiting for the fearsome storm to track its way from [...]
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