Thursday, August 21, 2008

Fay again, but more ...

Yes, she is still in our state.
And she is dumping way too much rain in a circumference that extends from Jacksonville on our northern east coast to Cedar Key on our west coast through Orlando in our center, and around back towards Daytona on the central east coast.
Wow, she may not be a hurricane but she sure is wet and persistent! Fay, the storm that won't quit is 283 miles wide I was just told by the news!

Stay out of roadways that you cannot see the bottom to, you may lose yourself and your car in those flooded waters.
Children should not play in the water either since lawn chemicals, septic bacteria and possible garbage, and snakes even alligators may be looming.


Crazy as it may seem we are still getting her residual rain bands periodically during the day here, and she is nearly a 5 hours drive from here!

Moving on, thankfully, our sons were spared her vicious watery bath.

Health wise my body does not do well with this weather between the stress of the forthcoming threat or the actual barometric down turn, arthritis and MS do not do well. PS according to the doctors that specialize in rheumatology it is not just an old wives tale the barometric pressure does affect your bones.
Sleeping for me has been extremely bad. I wake frequently from not being able to find a comfortable position to rest my sore shoulders and hips.

I kiddingly or maybe not told our eldest that if our home was destroyed ever again, flattened i.e. that I would be willing to move to another state.
New Mexico, actually Albuquerque since I was there many years ago it would appeal to my dog loving and Bohemian ways very artsy, also it has a fairly mild climate. The extremes are not that extreme, and the air is arid, not humid!

Right now it’s just a thought.
During the 2004-2005 hurricane seasons it was horrendous on the nerves considering that our home had been destroyed by Hurricane Charley, which was a category 4.
We were lucky enough to get our insurance money and make the needed repairs in record time. Sooner than many neighbors in the same boat, this was depressing.
Our home today is newer and better than before, and we love it just as it is.
But the thought of having to go through that again is overwhelming, and there is the strong possibility that due to my health issues I would not be willing or able to do it again.
Choices and ideas are where I am now during this time of year, and who could really blame me or any of us?
That is all that I am saying… we must all plan for the worst, but expect the best!

Tense times now.

Good night and sweet dreams to all...

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