Sunday, August 30, 2015

Anticipation

 Of rain?
Erika called it quits yesterday.
Dark clouds are now just arriving here.
We had been told that we are under a flood watch for the last few days in spite of Erika diminishing. 
The sky does have an ominous look to it, forboding. 
Yes, but so far we are lacking in moisture.
Now the thought of being careful of what you wish for, no I am not wishing for rain or a storm, just wondering about all the hullabalou. 
Hurricane and storm possibilities were cancelled, and you would think you could cut the disappoint factor with the meteorologists and news anchors with a knife, sooooo thick and sooooo sad, no chatter of being careful to us their public.
Normal afternoon rain is so ordinary.
Their excitement with the possibility of a major weather story is palatable, but has fizzled with our ordinary weather.
Fred is now in the north Atlantic but has nothing to do with us...yet!
Male then female and then male and female names for these systems and yes we are already up to "F", Fred, a tropical storm but far, far away...
As I write now/tonight the rain has finally arrived after all, thunder and all, lightning too.

We will have more rain in the morning too!
Scary!
Not really.
Apathetic to the rain.
Gus is not, he is frightened, and it is true that actually I am too!
Not the rain, nor the thunder (Gus thunder too), but the lightning, as we all know that is the bad stuff.
Although, being waterfront and only at a nine foot elevation above the waterline I suppose with the threat of flooding it should be concerning, but we are saltwater waterfront not fresh land locked water front, and so no storm surge without an actual storm, true?
So I will stick with my fear of lightning, only.
It can go through water pipes, electrical lines, windows etc...
So being inside is better, but not totally safe either!
Our electrical items are hooked up to special surge protectors, but we are not! Someone should invent that!
Yep, that is my reasoning and no one can talk me out of it!

On that note of whatever...allow me to be the very first to wish all of you a very happy good night and ask all of you to kindly count all your blessings and share all those overages with you know whom and we will too!

And next time please be here or be square, ya hear!
 

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