Where's Jim?

It's Monday morning, Labor Day 2008. Weatherman Jim Cantore is in Houma, LA. This means the storm is not coming here. Early this week, rumors where floating around that Jim was in town. Those of us who live on the Coast know if Jim's in town, it's not because he's enjoying the eye candy on the beach. He's on the job. In several cases hurricanes have been known to hook a turn to the east in the last few hours before coming inland. This would have put us receiving the worst of the storm.


The winds are very gusty here. It's raining sideways. Funny thing, I see birds occasionally flying around. This gives me hope it's not going to get too bad. Even the birds have enough since to take cover if the weather's going to get rough. Hopefully we will not loose power. We've made the necessary preparation - batteries, water, candles, peanut butter, etc., oh and diet Coke for the man of the house - to get by for a few days. Looks like this storm will make just enough of a mess in the yard for the children to spend their extra day off tomorrow from school. Here's a picture from a few years ago, the children were cleaning up the mess from another storm.

Uninvited Guest for Labor Day

Well we have been watching the weather channel over the past few days. Looks like we may have an uninvited guest to our Labor Day holiday. His name is Gustav. He's a tropical storm but may grow into a hurricane in the next day or two. He's near Jamaica and could be in the Gulf by the weekend.
The panic mode as already kicked in. Some of the shelves at the stores are empty. We still have several days to prepare so things should be restocked before the storm hits. Unfortunately, some who live in that panic mode tend to take more than they need and those of us who wait until the last minute are left with the AAA batteries - the ones that work the remote, not that the cable will be on once the wind picks up. Anyway, we've decided to ride this one out. Good luck to those who are getting the heck out of Dodge. Drive safe. Have patience in the traffic. Enjoy your "vacation". We'll hold down the fort here at home.