Scary Words from The Weather Channel

[Redd]

I can kind of understand where the news people are coming from. Today has been deadly dull, with Paris back in jail... I count on Jim Cantore to spice my summer up, standing on a beach in a jacket that is useless in high wind and horizontal rain.

(And, for whatever it's worth, my house is always open to evacuees.)

As long as Jim Cantore DOES come here we will be fine. Track all his past stories. He is a WOOSS and goes MILES from any anticipate cone of doom.
Always the new kid or Mike Bettes WILL go where it is. Example: Recent storm Barry expected in Tampa/Punta Gorda. Where is Jim ? Mississippi !!!!
The other reporter was in Punta Gorda

After 8 storms all within 40-60 miles of Key West we came to be on first name terms with most of them. But not Jim

LOL tongue in cheek hopefully NONE of them come near

 

[Paula]

My strategy is to enjoy the summer, be as prepared as I can be for whatever happens in Florida (or elsewhere) with storms, and turn on the weather channel the day of any storm that seems like it could be heading toward the Panhandle. The first year I was in SoWal, I watched the weather channel for days before a storm. Now, I know that worrying about it for days doesn't change the outcome anyway.

So, I'll just have to be sure the cottages are secure, the guests are taken care of and have put gas in their car (and are prepared to leave) as soon as they hear about a possible storm, and book a flight or plan to drive to SoWal as soon after a storm if possible.

Most important (after securing the cottages and taking care of guests) is I'll be checking in with SoWal.com regularly -- even days before the storm. And I'll be wanting our SoWallers to be safe -- that's actually #1.

I better go check my insurance files and call to find out how I reach someone if something really does happen. Then I'll relax and enjoy the summer. Can't predict Mother Nature so I won't try to.

 

[beachmouse]

The storms avoiding Jim worked well up until about late 2004. But in 2005, man had a bull's eye on his back, and darn nea killed himself in Biloxi during Katrina.