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
Things to do:
Where we evacuate to will depend largely on where Frances decides to go. During Hurricane Floyd back in 1999, we took off to Atlanta (had to go there anyway). The wife says we should go there again this time. But if Frances goes inland and turns to follow the coast, then Atlanta might not be such a good choice.
We weathered Gaston pretty well. The wind got pretty howly and saw some branches fall from the trees outside one of our windows. Lots of water and blown down foliage on the roads yesterday and flooding in all the usual places. We ended up losing power twice yesterday, but not for very long.
They’re popping like mushrooms after a heavy rain! Big Hurricane Frances still in the mid Atlantic, and now there is Tropical Storm Gaston that popped up off the coast. Fortunately Gaston looks like it won’t bring much more than a lot of rain as it wanders over top of us.
Frances became hurricane #4 earlier today. This one will need some watching over the next few days to see where it decides to go.
It seems every time we have my wife’s family over, it’s like having a tornado blow through the apartment. Her parents come, her brother brings his small village over, they stay for a day or two, run us all over the place and then vanish, leaving a trail of destruction. Her brother’s mother-in-law does the dishes for us though, which is nice.
Proud parents posing with the future physician after yesterday’s White Coat Ceremony.