by Abitaman » Sun Jul 10, 2005 6:54 am
Well, I sit here debating if me and my family are going to stay and ride out Hurricane Dennis, or if we are going to run.
Last year when we ran, we had to go to my parents house in Tennessee, an 8 hour drive, which took over 18 because of traffic, and people doing dumb things. 18 hours in a van for a 10 year old, 4 year old, and a 2 year old, seems like a week. And for the parents listening to them it seems like a month. But it is the same this year, all hotels within 7 hours is booked, in every direction (except to the south, nothing but water there). We would have to leave, ride 18 hours sleep at my parents house, and ride back about the same amount of time, and go to work.
Bad thing about this storm, it is suppose to go over my parents house in TN, as a Tropical storm oe Depression. So we would be on the road heading back thru it.
For now we are staying, we will be keeping a close eye on direction, and storm strength. It's been a very rough week, with Tropical Storm Cindy and Hurricnae Dennis all with a week. Weather as either been awful, or beautiful. Tornado's water spouts, downpours, high winds, and worst of all people acting like idiots.
So what is this all about, I thought it would be different to offer updates on the weather (as long as we are here), to so what is going on.
I have been thourgh 1 Hurricane,George, a few years back and that was scary, it was a cat 1. The eye wall past over or house, and you could actually see the stars, if you were brave enough to stick your hear out from under the mattress that you had pulled over your head in the hall way. But the peace only lasted about 5 minutes before it all started again. We were unlucky, cause we only caught the outer corner of the eye wall, a freind from work, had 20 plus minutes of peace, the eye went more square over him.
So for now everything is calm, about to start boarding the house up, just got in from work, had to work today, so I wouldn't be behind Monday, when we are off because of storm damage, if any (yea right). Dennis isn't even here and he has messed up things bad. I normally work from 6 am to whenever I'm done (3 t0 6 pm) But this week been going in as early as 4-5 am and getting off 7-8 pm. Had a squal line come trough earlier this afternoon, heavy wind and rain no tornadoes (yea), but several wrecks on the interstate, idots never slow down, when it's raining.
But gonna go board up, I will report in, as long as we are here, have power, or haven't gotten scared ran into the hallway, and pulled the mattris over my head. Till next time-ERIC
Bugsy, Sadie, RockD, and any one else that I owe cds to, sorry, I PROMISE whn this is all over I will get the post office. I have your stuff made, just can't get to the PO.-ERIC