Spring Has Sprung

Here in Southeast Jawja, spring has finally sprung, liberating me from the shivers of my discontent.

I have shivered my way through cold days of north winds and frost on the windshield of The Truck.

Now, the grass turns green, the temp hit 80F, and I circulate 'round the back yard.

Holy Frijoles! Lookit all them damned weeds!

Uhh... is it too late to wish for a good hard blast of winter wind, precisely directed on the weeds and leaving my very own precious hide nice and warm?

I thought so.

Just Dayum....

Hurricane Ike Missed Me By A Bunch!!

Of course, I'm VERY glad that Ike didn't come anywhere near us here in SouthEast Jawja.

On the gripping hand, my heart goes out to those folks who heeded the warnings and ran to a safer place. They're going to come back to flooded and destroyed homes and towns.

For those that chose to stay, my sympathy is, ummm.....limited?

How's about non-existent?

You knew that Ike was coming - and you stayed. You rolled the dice, and you lost.

My sympathy is reserved for the folks who have (because they've solemnly sworn to do so) to go in and either rescue your dumb butts, or remove your corpses.

Dodging Hurricane Bullets

First there was Fickle Fay - who slow-danced her way up Florida, raining like Billy-be-Damned - and did zippo (comparitively) to us here in SouthEast Jawja. Some of our folks who lived near rivers, who weren't required to get flood insurance, are having a very rough time indeed. But the monster floods that we might have had didn't happen.

Now Horrible Hanna is churning her way up to the Carolinas, bypassing Jawja entirely. Hard, very hard on the Carolinas - but here in Jawja we be counting our blessings.

The projected track for Itchy Ike puts him out into the Gulf of Mexico. Presuming that happens, no one has a clue as to what he'll do next. Ike has been up to a Cat 4 in strength, and if he gets into the Gulf, he could turn back into one of those monster storms again, and go to who knows where?

We've got our supplies in. We're ready to ride it out if we can. We're ready to run if we have to. And we're ready to help out as we can.