For the love of...

I'm getting kind of tired of these hurricane teases. I can't say that I really look forward to getting hit dead on, but I'm getting tired of watching people run around freaking out only to barely see any effect. That said, I'd much rather be in a place where people are prepared, but we were prepared for the last three storms, now it's just becoming a joke. I might feel differently if I owned my home, or had kids to deal with, etc. but I don't, so bring it the &#%@ on!!!

The image below shows the current projected paths for the next one, along with a big ole' red X in the lovely town I call home. Looks like chances are pretty good this time around, but when I lived in Florida we always joked that the only way to avoid a storm was to be predicted as the target the whole time! We'll see what happens this time!



Updated...now we're talkin! I think that hurricane magnet on my ass from a few months back has been reactivated and now Ike is just waiting for me to bend over! Come and get it, Ike!




UPDATE:

It will pretty much be a non-event for me now. The storm shifted 100 miles up the coast and put us on the "dry" side of the storm. We're still under a voluntary evac they enacted when we were in the direct path but they shut down the assisted evac center and sent the national guard folks further up the coast late this morning. We'll see tropical storm winds and maybe some hurricane gusts but it's doubtful. The power has been flickering for the last hour, but we lose power when someone farts in the right direction so it's a no brainer that we'll probably be without power at some point. I'm pulling for tonight while I'm sleeping. That would be just bueno.