There was a crooked man ...

And then of course, we could say There was a crooked storm ... when talking about TS Fay. It looks like TS Hanna is going to be somewhat like that.

A 90 degree turn in the cone!

Oh Dear!!!

Storm from Hell!

Around 1:00 p. m. yesterday, we had an extreme storm blow through Hollywood. With computer and TV not working and then of course, the mandatory power failure, I sat here in the dark, with lightening, house rattling thunder and high winds cut off from the rest of the world. This storm was worse than anything I experianced with TS Fay.

I think what disturbed me so much was the fact that I could not find a radio station that would tell me what is going on. I finally used my cell phone to get a weather report and found out that I was under a sever weather, tornado and flash flood warning. The storm just seemed to come from nowhere. Power was off for about 30 minutes and my DirecTV service popped on about 5 hours later. My AT&T DSL never came back up. Needless to say, I went to bed early.

Glorious Sunset

Getting ready for bed, but just had to remark that we had a beautiful sunset Tuesday evening. Bright reds and oranges offset by a few Fay remnant clouds.

We have really needed the rain, so I think this weather event was very helpful. It also made me check my shutters to make sure they all locked, since I didn't use them last year.

Well.. Squeaky is waiting for his old man to crawl into bed with him, so I say good night.

TS Fay Update

Well... it looks like TS Fay has landed on the West Coast, away from any heavy population. We here in Hollywood are still getting squals with heavy rain and light wind and will continue to until TS Fay moves Northward. I've removed the shutter on Squeaky's door and except for one time early last night, he has not had any desire to go out. Since there was no wind nor heavy rain, I openned the back door and he went out for about five minutes.

Hunkered Down

I got the last minute things done this morning. Took the stool and wheelbarrow off of the patio and into the shed. After the garbage was picked up, I put the garbage bins and recycle bin into the "cage" in front of my front door and closed all of the accordion shutters. I also shuttered Squeaky's door.

I then made a quick run to Publix and got cat food and bread. I'm all ready.

I am a bit disturbed by the fact that today was the beginning of our monthly commingled garbage pick-up that continues through the week. People have mattresses, old chairs, furniture and appliance sitting on their swales or alleys. If the winds increase, these items will be very dangerous. I'm glad I closed the shutters for this very reason.