Back from the beach! I will provide a full trip report a little later. Right now I’m still processing the pictures and still working on a sunburn. Oh, and my legs are sore from all the running around I did. But the full report is coming later. Stay tuned.
On my trip, though, I did keep the TV on in my hotel room for the most part. Thus I found out about Tropical Storm Bonnie (since downgraded to below a tropical depression), and Hurricane Charley. For some reason, I just like that -ey ending on there. Conveys something different than with the -ie. Compare: Charley and Charlie. Or, of course, we could just call this storm Chuck and just say to hell with it.
Still, both storms were originally forecast to go past our area, and thankfully that has changed. Still this is what Charley was originally projected to do as of about a day ago:
Now Charley is projected to track a bit more to the east, probably missing our area entirely. Just as well, I’d say, as we’re supposed to get rain related to the remnants of Bonnie. Charley, on the other hand, is beating the orange juice out of Florida as we speak.
Needless to say, though, I’m pleased that we probably will be missing Charley. I feel sorry for the people who are being battered by the storm, but I’m pleased that we’ll be missed.