November 9, 2009

• Tropical Storm Ida

  We're in the midst of a tropical storm.  It was a hurricane until this morning, but it's weakened significantly over the colder water of the northern Gulf of Mexico.  We've had rain off and on all day, but it's mostly been a steady drizzle, not a real shower.  It's supposed to be bad tomorrow, but they'll probably end up calling it a "rain event" for us.  Still, they've closed schools for tomorrow, which I find both ironic and bizarre.  Wednesday is a school holiday for Veterans Day, so maybe they just wanted to give the kids a mid-fall break.

  Two other ironic points:

  One, this is the first tropical storm event we've had in two years, that Beth and I can remember.

  Two, this is way late in the year for this kind of thing.  August and September are typically when we have tropical distrubances, but they're never this late.  Hurricane season doesn't officially end until November 30, and it seems like I remember a trop in the first few days of December a few years ago, but it didn't amount to anything.  The water in the Gulf is too cold by now to fuel a hurricane, so we just get the rain.

  We haven't had any winds yet, and, if we get them, we'll probably lose power.  Fortunately, it's cool enough that we can survive without air conditioning if the power goes off, but I hope it won't.

  ED

  • 9:20 pm
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