Perspectives of a Canadian in the Old/Deep/New/Geographic South: This is where I ramble on about nothing in particular and post a few nice pictures.
Random mutterings
Hurricane Katrina has its sights set on the rest of Florida now after dumping much rain and wind on the southern parts. With all that warm Gulf water to go over, Katrina will probably get even more intense.
STRENGTHENING TO A MAJOR HURRICANE IS EXPECTED. IN FACT…A RECENT DROPSONDE REPORT RECEIVED FROM THE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATES MAXIMUM WINDS ARE NOW UP TO 80 KT.
This morning as I’m puttering around getting stuff ready to head off to work, the thought pops into my head that it’s probably around that time when I need to call and schedule a routine eye exam. It’s been about 2 years since the last one so it’s time. I go to adjust my glasses on my face and pop…I hear a lens land on the floor and I suddenly have no depth perception and can’t see out of one eye.
Crap.
I’d had a problem with this when I first got the glasses and ended up having the lady at my eyeglass shop using an extra long screw and glue to hold it together. Now I have a feeling the threads are worn with age and it’s going to take some slightly more extreme measures to hold these glasses together until I can get new ones. With an eye appointment scheduled for tomorrow, that’s probably going to be at least a couple of weeks. Back to my eyeglass lady to see what she can do with them.
Maybe it’s time to ask my optometrist if that Lasik thing will work for me.
Update: My eyeglass lady was able to put my glasses back together with a new screw and a healthy application of clear nail polish. Hopefully this will keep everything together for the next couple of weeks until the new glasses come in. Maybe I’ll stop at the store and get some Crazy Glue on the way home…just in case.
An 8 AM update from the NHC upgrades TD12 to TS Katrina. Still heading through the Bahamas on the way to southern Florida.
RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT DATA INDICATES THAT TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWELVE HAS STRENGTHENED INTO TROPICAL STORM KATRINA…
SHORTLY BEFORE 8 AM EDT…REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS IN THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWELVE HAD INCREASED TO AT LEAST 40 MPH …MAKING THE SYSTEM TROPICAL STORM KATRINA.
Well, TD 12 didn’t take very long to sprout. There it is smack dab in the Bahamas and headed toward Florida. Might even become a tropical storm by tomorrow. Guess I’ll have to wait a few more minutes to see what the NHC has to say about it. Definitely one to watch.
Looks like TD11 grew into TS Jose yesterday evening while we were busy cleaning house and getting ready for the horde to descend.
That makes 10 named storms for the year so far. Next up…Katrina. From the 0530 TWO, it could be this one:
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED IN ASSOCIATION WITH A LARGE TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN ABOUT 700 MILES WEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS IT MOVES WESTWARD OR WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
or this one:
CLOUDINESS AND SHOWERS EXTEND FROM EASTERN CUBA AND HISPANIOLA ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS…AND INTO THE ATLANTIC FOR A FEW HUNDRED MILES. THIS ACTIVITY…WHICH IS POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN…HAS BECOME MORE CONCENTRATED THIS MORNING NEAR THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO AS IT MOVES WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT ABOUT 10 MPH.