Jerry and I have been working hard the past couple of days working the electric company (trying to get our meter installed) and laying out the excavation work for the front yard. With all this going on, I didn’t realize that a tropical storm formed off of the Cape Verde Islands and is strengthening. Like most small towns, everyone is talking about Puerto Rico being “due” for a big storm…they haven’t had a big one since Hurricane George back in 1998. Everyone seems to be a weather expert, especially when they are talking to the “New Guy” in town (that’s me). None of these “dooms day’rs” know that I grew up with Hurricanes in New Jersey and dealt with them all through college in Wilmington North Carolina.
Things are a little different though, Summer and I now own a house and it isn’t as easy as moving to a new rental if it gets wrecked. However, our house survived Hurricane George (105 knot winds) with absolutely no damage. I am confident in our house and the good news is, at least we can’t loose power…we still don’t have it.
Check out Tropical Storm Dean gaining strength in the Atlantic. You can see the storm path has it heading towards Puerto Rico, but there is a lot of time for things to happen between now and Saturday (estimated landfall); Wind Shear, Northern Tracking, Barometric Pressure Rising….if all goes well, the hurricane will track a couple hundred miles north of us and give us some long overdue surf.
Hurricane Dean 120 Hour Forecast 8/14
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I luv radical weather. But dont be goin high to secure windows on a ladder over 25 mph. Your place is set down nice and protected, no worrys. Dont be waitin til the last minute to secure the upper windows. I would be pissed if I had to come down and take care of you for the rest of my life, well, sort of pissed. No high work at the last minute.
Looks like you will be rockin’ and rollin’ by Saturday. R u putting the hurricane covers on windows?
It depends. It takes three/five hours to put on the shutters, so we will have that option up until Friday morning…than it will be decision time.
Right now, the forecasters are saying that it is going to head South of us into the Gulf…the Northern bands may hit us a bit but the strongest winds in a hurricane are always at the South West corner of the circulation. If the winds are minor, I am confident in our Dade County Hurricane Approved windows.