Gonna be wet and windy down here Friday

Our lovely bouncing baby girl, Bonnie, is on her way to South Florida tomorrow. ; Forecast is for winds in the 40's, 7-9 inches of rain, and yet still a heat index of 100 (you'd think a 40MPH breeze would cool things down a bit!).

With Florida, it's always the women names lately! ; 1998 - Irene, 2004 - Frances, Jeanne, 2005 - Katrina, Rita, Wilma. ; Fortunately Bonnie hasn't worked up too much of a lather yet...just a tropical storm. ; Let's hope she stays that way.

Can't say I'd mind the 7-9 inches of rain though - we don't flood here, and it's been a bit dry the past week or so. ; And ridiculously hot and humid...though that doesn't appear to be abating even with the storm tomorrow.

 

Yeah, so far Bonnie has been consistent 20MPH winds, with gusts maybe to 30. ; Though since early this AM we've probably had 3-4 inches of rain already. ; Outside right now looks like 8:15pm...DARK! ; Rain band should be through in the next 20-30 minutes, then a little more clear until the next bands head through. ; Rain's nice!

 

And Frances sucked. ; Despite not causing as much damage as Wilma did, it was a far worse storm to live through. ; Wilma came and smacked us for 4 hours at solid Cat 3, and really ripped us up - damage cleanup and repair for many months all over town, no power for 8 days, etc. ; But the temperatures after Wilma were low 70s daytime, and 50s at night. ; Not bad when you have no power.

Frances took 3 days to pass through, S-L-O-W-L-Y...but she knocked out power on the very first day...stayed at low Cat 1 through the whole 3 days, and left us powerless for 7 days. ; The difference was the weather - mid 90s, 90% humidity, and not even a fly-fart of a breeze for a week. ; Really really bad when you have no power!

 

This is my kind of storm! Don't even need an umbrella: )

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No rain on your side?

We had a bunch come for about two hours today, from 10-12. ; Since then, mostly clear, with very small intense little pockets of rain moving quickly through - 3-5 minutes then stopping as fast as they started. ; Wind's not bad at all - don't think we ever topped 15mph sustained, with gusts MAYBE to 25. ; If it had been a real hurricane and came ashore the exact same way, we would have been in BIG trouble! ; We were on the NW quadrant, in the eye wall...known to have the highest storm surge & highest winds in a westbound storm. ; She jogged north a bit and came in over Miami rather than the keys - but turned out to have even less juice than they thought she would. ; Not that I'm complaining!