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Thunder and lightning very, very frightening!
[2006-08-31] @ [10:53 p.m.]
"I root for hurricanes. When, courtesy of the Weather Channel, I see one forming in the ocean off the coast of Africa, I find myself longing for it to become big and strong-Mother Nature's fist of fury, Gaia's stern rebuke." - James Wolcott
So long as that hurricane isn't hurtling towards you.
It is the the middle of Atlantic hurricane season, folks and as I type this, wannabe hurricane/tropical storm Ernesto is probably making landfall at the southern tip of beautiful North Carolina. I just hope that Ernesto loses strength after the remark I just typed about the storm.
There have been power surges within the past hour. And I have an lovely image of the storm courtsey on NOAA on my desktop taken from around five this evening. I stare at it in despite because I am trying to intimidate it for not ruining my weekend. Which it'll probably do.
The last storm that was from the Caribbean to grace the Nothereastern North Carolina / Hampton Roads area of Virginia was tropical storm/depression Alberto back in June. Here's my entry from then. That really wasn't much of a tropical storm but instead a really big system that left six inches of rain with in 24 hours. Roads were a mess then and there is a strong chance of that tomorrow. Hopefully not.
This does not make me happy though. Don't you dare become a hurricane just because you're winds are at seventy miles per hour, Ernesto! You need five more miles per hour to be a catagory one hurricane. Don't even think about it, tropical storm!
Like that is going to help any.
I don't like the predicted path either of the storm.
Pardon the pun but this is totally putting a damper on my weekend and is keeping with the tradation of my birthday weekend. It always rains. Storm front or hurricane or tropical storm.
I have a feeling that if I continue to write anymore, it will just be more complaining about Ernesto and wishing/hoping that the storm doesn't rain out my weekend and birthday. Pardon the pun again.
I'm going to try and do some homework even though I have a very strong feeling classes will be cancelled tomorrow. At least morning classes.
Anyways... cheers.
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