Sunday, August 28, 2011
The Weather Is Following Me
So. I move from Miami to Maine and the tropical weather follows me. I cannot believe I’m having a conversation about hurricanes and tropical storms in Maine. YES, I know, the NE has had them before but it’s not normal. It’s not like FL or TX or other Gulf states or even NC. It’s fricken New England.
Anyway, I’m not worried because a) it’s traveled over land quite a bit which means it will lose strength and b) it’s in cold waters which means it will lose strength. We have “Tropical Storm” warnings here...which, despite how The Weather Channel likes to hype everything, a TS is really nothing to lose sleep over. Some places will flood because the NE has had a lot of rain fall this summer as it is and the ground is drenched...so, flooding, sure. But the entire eastern seaboard being swallowed up and spat out in splinters like the media is acting? No.
Here we are supposed to receive about 2” of rain. Meh. It is raining pretty good right now. I took the dogs out just as it was getting started and got drenched in minutes. A little thunder but nothing much, really. It’s possible if it rains a lot I could have some water come in to the house, but I hope not.
I picked up my stuff from around the yard, planters, snow shovel, rake, things like that to be secure. My neighbors? Nothing. So, even though I try to make the place safer, they do not care and if the wind does pick up, some shit is going to fly around...which is never good. And I will hold them personally responsible if ANYTHING of theirs slams in to my car or any of my windows and ruins my things.
We are supposed to get the “major” stuff around 2pm or so...on in to the evening and night. We’ll see what happens.
JUST in case we lose power, I have charged up my flashlight, (it runs on batteries or can be charged), I have my Gilligan radio, I charged up my cell phone, I charged up my Kindle...gonna need some sort of entertainment, I already have tons of candles because I like them and how they smell so that’s not a biggie. I did get food for myself but did not restock the freezer with the pets’ food just in case. That’s too much money to lose. They have enough to get them through another week anyway. As long as I keep the freezer closed, we should be good for at least 4 or 5 days.
What I do not like, though, are tornadoes. And that is the problem with storms like this...not so much the “hurricane” aspect because if it’s a Cat 1 or a Tropical Storm, (TS), meh, I’ve seen windier and rainier days in Seattle. But tornadoes? No thank you. NOT my thing! I do not like them, I do not want to be in one so tornadoes can stay the fuck away from me. We have some little hills around here so maybe that will deter one but you never know.
As long as power stays on and no tornadoes...should be a whole lot of nothing but a rainy and windy day. I can deal with that.
What I do not get? The people who insist on going outside DURING the storm. Nok that shit off! Stay in your damn house. And even after the storm is over, if you don’t have to be outside, stay in your damn house! WTF! Most people are killed during and after the storm because they can’t follow this one simple fricken rule. Stay. In. Your. Damn. House!
If anything gets worse, I’ll let you know. I’m a little concerned about the ceiling in the 2nd bedroom because it’s already looking bad, I’ve told the landlord about how it leaks every time it rains, it’s now splitting in one area...and she’s done nothing about it. I moved a lot away from that area...but who knows what would happen if that were to collapse. I think I’d be getting free rent for awhile, that’s what.
