Category: Hurricane
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Total Devastation
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn lieu of a post today, please just visit this Facebook link from Charlotte County Emergency Management. Our home and area, only 15 minutes from Englewood Beach (where these pictures were taken) was completely spared wind and water damage. But my heart breaks for all those affected by Hurricane Helene and… Read more
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It’s the Journey…
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe posts for the next few weeks will essentially be travelogues. We’re discovering, for the first time, parts of the country we have never experienced. Come along on this journey with us. After spending 5 restful days in North Carolina, we begin the journey north on Sunday. Our destination, as you know,… Read more
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New England, Here We Come
Reading Time: 5 minutesWe booked a vacation rental house in New Hampshire about 8 months ago for the Fall 2024 leaf peeping season (yup, that’s a thing). Now, only a week out, I’m amazed that I correctly guessed which week the fall colors in New England would be at their peak. I’ve been looking forward… Read more
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We’re Fine, Lucky, and Grateful
Reading Time: 2 minutesHurricane Helene passed about 160 miles west of us out in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday. She was another monster storm, just 2 days before the 2 year anniversary of Hurricane Ian. Many of the same people devastated during Ian are reeling this morning from another knock-out punch. Thankfully, we aren’t among… Read more
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How Does It Know???
Reading Time: 4 minutesI met a couple last week through a club we both belong to and who, I think, are going to turn out to be great friends. They’re younger than we are. In fact, the woman is young enough to be our daughter. We’ve had some interesting discussions about things new friends don’t… Read more
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Florida’s Wild Weather
Reading Time: 6 minutesAfter Hurricane Ian in September 2022, I didn’t write much about the experience of riding out our first hurricane. I knew people wanted to know we were ok, and I said enough about it on this blog and social media to make sure they knew we were. To be honest, I don’t… Read more
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Sahara Dust
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe first time I heard the term Sahara Dust in the context of this post was a month or two ago when weather guessers were predicting that this hurricane season could be one of the worst on record. They qualified that by saying the wild card this year that could help prevent… Read more
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Yeah, We Had a Little Rain
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast year we made the decision to plug the drain hole in our pool. At certain times of year we put a lot of water in the pool. We figured when it rains, why not collect that water and use it instead of having the pool drain down to a certain… Read more
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Let’s Talk About the Weather
Reading Time: 5 minutesSo many people, on hearing we live in Florida, think it’s hotter than blazes down here. And it’s true that there are some days where it’s sweltering hot. The thing is, it’s damned hot in Missouri sometimes. Wisconsin too. And in both those locations when it’s that hot, the humidity is through… Read more
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You’ve Got Snail Mail!
Reading Time: 5 minutesWhen was the last time you went to the mailbox and came back clutching a personal letter from someone you value in your life? Not a greeting card with a few handwritten words to supplement the generic message some anonymous greeting card writer wrote. Not a thank you note for a gift… Read more