Watching Fay

Tropical Storm/Hurricane Fay is now on Florida's radar screen. Last night's news ended with "keep watching to follow the path of Fay and keep informed of possible evacuations." I claimed it was too early to stay glued to the TV when the storm is not predicted to be near Tampa until Tuesday...but the first thing I did as I awoke this morning was see the updated "cone of destruction." The weather people call it the cone of uncertainty (the wide path of predicted position of the hurricane/storm), the people in that cone call it the cone of destruction because if you live in that cone, there will probably be some destruction in your area. Here's the current predictions

So now I'm off to Walmart for some batteries, water and large zip lock bags before there's a run on the stores and nothing is left. I usually pick up a cheap new video before a storm so the kids have something to watch, as we wait out the storm.
With school starting Monday (and yes, the Imp's bus stop has been fixed...but lots of other kids' haven't...but that's another story)and the storm predicted to hit Tuesday AM this could be really interesting. Many schools are used as evacuation sites so if there are any evacuations, schools are closed. And since evacuations are ordered BEFORE the predicted storm, the evacuations would be on Monday. I am soooo glad I'm not in charge of schools or evacuations! It's a thankless job.
I'm also glad I already have all the back-to-school shopping done.
We're having a back to school get together tomorrow afternoon for some of the girls' friends. Right now they're still predicting good weather for then. We'll see. I just hope this hurricane season is not a rerun of 2004.



Gotta run and get the store before everyone else does.