2017 Hurricane Season things

[Buster's Uncle]

To be clear -and accurately nuanced- I never heard a single syllable of speculation that, in isolation, struck me as inappropriate.  It is just the failure of the mass media group mind as a whole to get Harvey flooding out of their head and recognize that last Monday was WAY TOO SOON for (the lovely) Ingrid Allstaedt of WLOS in Asheville NC to be devoting the bulk of the weather forecast -and an unusual percentage of the Noon News- to talking about the next hurricane, a low probability-event locally to come here and amount to much.  It was that way on every channel that has any news and/or weather.  It was too soon even for the gulf coast states, before the thing got closer.  Getting people ginned up before you know enough to have anything intelligent to say is irresponsible and wrong, and a major reason people don't listen when danger turns out to be real.  Cry Wolf.

Again, I exempt local TV in Florida, and also The Weather Channel to a lesser extent, because talking about weather is all they're supposed to do, so they have little choice but to go overboard.  National news shows, and local outside Florida, that cover weather could have at least confined it to regularly-scheduled weather segments.

[Buster's Uncle]

Moses came to my window to be let in from the hurricane about an hour ago - it hasn't intensified or changed worth mentioning since my earlier report, but there was none of the customary faffing around deciding whether he wanted to come inside or just wanted a little petting.  He ran straight downhill and straight inside.  He is lounging in the chair beside the table of masks, which have had no further paining done, BTW.

[Geo]

Didn't want to say hi to Irma?

Do you know the windspeed?
Today, autumn weather surged in at a paltry 3-4 beaufort. Surges to 60-70 kmp on the coast.

[Rusty Edge]

Didn't want to say hi to Irma?

Do you know the windspeed?
Today, autumn weather surged in at a paltry 3-4 beaufort. Surges to 60-70 kmp on the coast.

50 m.p.h. ( 80 Km/hr ? )
sustained winds on the Weather Channel right now , so marginally a gale.

[Buster's Uncle]

Mom suggested I take care of the cats' supper over an hour early, and I knew a good idea when I heard it.  Had I had no way of knowing about Irma, I would have thought there was a thunderstorm nearby trying to work up - the drizzle wasn't steady, and drizzle doesn't go with treetop-stirring restless air around here, yet not seem to be blowing at ground level at all.  I DO know about Irma, though, and she ain't just Elok's tiny Gramma, and this ain't my first rodeo.  We look to be going to get a loong thunderstorm sort of night.  I got Moses -easy- Goblin -Kept stopping on her way, but never any doubt- and Cloud -who took a bowl of catfood and about a half hour of patient luring- all in the basement, just to spare them an unpleasant/scary night.  Hershey was never a possibility; he didn't even show for supper, presumably doing what he always does in weather that makes him nervous - hole up somewhere early, and not come out 'til the scary stuff is completely quiet on cat frequencies.

While I was coaxing Cloud, I looked straight up and the sky was bizarre.  There were wispy clouds that looked to be only 200 feet or so up, back lit by the high overcast twilight sky, moving at a tremendous clip straight west.  That's a new one by me.  It seemed to definitely be transitioning to more serious weather from 6:18 to about an hour later, when I finally got Cloud inside and the basement door closed at the same time.  It's just an overnight, so I'm going to indulge the cats and try to keep food in the bowl until my bedtime.

It ain't gonna be fit for man or Hershey outside 'bout 2A.M., but I doubt we'll be inconvenienced worth mentioning, and I understand the peak'll be long gone by sunrise...

[Spacy]

From what I am hearing from FL kin, the most damage was done by the various tornadoes that may not have even touched down in an area, but that did pick up and fling lots of debris. 

Lots of trees down.  Localized areas of significant structural damage, but not widespread.  Sucks bad if you are in that location, however.  Power outages are supposed to be the biggest hazard now, as a downed line will still zap someone good and dead. 

[Buster's Uncle]

Raining moderately ATM, little wind to speak of.  Goblin -I think it was Goblin- ate so much she puked on the stairs -I think it was puke- and now seems to want to spend the night in my bedroom, but I left the litter pan in the workroom where Cloud can use it, and I'm not going to carry the puker into my room if she doesn't make it in there on her own, which she rarely does at bedtime.

Power loss tomorrow isn't a pathetically low-probability outcome, but if I'm not around, we have three different alternative ways to cook and a small generator to keep the fridge going.  I'll be fine, and see you when I see you.  Peace out, y'all!

[E_T]

To be clear -and accurately nuanced- I never heard a single syllable of speculation that, in isolation, struck me as inappropriate.  It is just the failure of the mass media group mind as a whole to get Harvey flooding out of their head and recognize that last Monday was WAY TOO SOON for (the lovely) Ingrid Allstaedt of WLOS in Asheville NC to be devoting the bulk of the weather forecast -and an unusual percentage of the Noon News- to talking about the next hurricane, a low probability-event locally to come here and amount to much.  It was that way on every channel that has any news and/or weather.  It was too soon even for the gulf coast states, before the thing got closer.  Getting people ginned up before you know enough to have anything intelligent to say is irresponsible and wrong, and a major reason people don't listen when danger turns out to be real.  Cry Wolf.

Again, I exempt local TV in Florida, and also The Weather Channel to a lesser extent, because talking about weather is all they're supposed to do, so they have little choice but to go overboard.  National news shows, and local outside Florida, that cover weather could have at least confined it to regularly-scheduled weather segments.

I could never stomach TWC, esp when it comes to tropical events that could impact me.

[E_T]

Raining moderately ATM, little wind to speak of.  Goblin -I think it was Goblin- ate so much she puked on the stairs -I think it was puke- and now seems to want to spend the night in my bedroom, but I left the litter pan in the workroom where Cloud can use it, and I'm not going to carry the puker into my room if she doesn't make it in there on her own, which she rarely does at bedtime.

Power loss tomorrow isn't a pathetically low-probability outcome, but if I'm not around, we have three different alternative ways to cook and a small generator to keep the fridge going.  I'll be fine, and see you when I see you.  Peace out, y'all!

Cat puking at times might be signs of hairball problems...  there is stuff in tube, basically codliver paste (instead of oil) with mild laxatives.  Put a dab on forpaw weekly (IIRC) and your golden....

[Rusty Edge]

One of  my sisters in the Mt. Dora area said the eye passed over. Trees down and power out, called to say she was safe before her cell ran out.

[Buster's Uncle]

There's a lot of leaves on the ground this morning.  The trees started shedding a little while it was still August, and this would otherwise look like we'd had a windy night, barely worthy of remark.

[Buster's Uncle]

The cats have no way to know it's on the downside of this weather, probably to stay, and after spending the morning outside -besides Moses, who came to my window as soon as I sat down- wanted to come back inside after lunch, and did.  Hershey is fine, has never been indoors and didn't want to now, but doesn't seem unusually twitchy today.

[Buster's Uncle]

It's a normal sort of day today, which isn't that different than Monday and yesterday, just less wind and no drizzle so far.  It was actually sunny this morning, but the clouds have thickened now, which is all very typical of the weather pattern going on for over a month.

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On an extremely insensitive note, I am grateful to Irma for REALLY overshadowing that Monday was Still-Dead Day.  The group mind's sick obsession with the thing that happened in New York was considerably muted, and polluted the science news headlines substantially less than one assumes it would have otherwise.  I was actually able to watch the TV news on the 11th without a great deal of irritation, which was probably the first time in 16 years of that date.

[E_T]

Only four more until the big 20, with the huge 25th only five more beyond... So plenty to look forward too...
Although, I'm also glad of the lack of deadhorse beating.....

[E_T]

One of  my sisters in the Mt. Dora area said the eye passed over. Trees down and power out, called to say she was safe before her cell ran out.

Ask her if the lack of wind and rain as eary or not...and how long until the winds picked back up from other direction?  Tell her that if she had gone outside at that time and that she could have seen the moon and stars...