Well, we woke up to news this morning that Tropical Storm Ernesto is likely to turn back into a hurricane by tonight and that it is heading straight for my house in Miami. Yikes! Veteran hurricane watchers will note that it could remain a tropical storm, in which case we get a few blown down branches and lots of rain but no other serious problems, it could veer off in one direction or the other or it could become a Category 3 hurricane by the time it hits sometime Tuesday night. Category 3 means serious damage throughout Miami. We’ve been spending a lot of time preparing — standing in line at the grocery store and at gas stations. Now it’s time to put up the shutters and hunker down. I hope to send updates until the lights go out sometime Tuesday night.
The Millennial Star
Prayers and hoping too that you will all be well, and that it’ll peter out into a TS.
I canNOT sympathize; the closest to weather scare I’ve come was a few nights ago, middle of the night, when lightning was literally hitting 20 yards out my door, repeatedly, and all around, and lightning was going off Literally every 1-3 seconds, for an hour . . . it was like in the Rome scene in The Core, or the early scenes of War of the Worlds . . . well, as close as I suppose the reality could come to the movies . . . and it was eerily silent, too, although right in front of my apt (I could see nearby buildings BEHIND the strokes!!!) I was scared, but nowhere near as scared as I’d be in your situation.
Hugs and prayers!
Good luck! Have fun if you can.
After one of the hurricanes last year I asked my brother who lived in Florida whether his house had sustained any damage. He said, “Some. My roof is only leaking in two places: the top and the side.”
We are also in a possible path of this storm. On Sunday, our bishop asked that we NOT pray that it miss us, since that might mean it hits someone else.
Rather, he encouraged us to pray for high-altitude wind shear (?) that would prevent the storm from forming a well-defined eye/strong winds.
Well, it looks like Cuba’s southern mountains broke up Ernesto, and when it hits us it will likely be a tropical storm. This mean winds up to 65 mph and lots of rain. Relatively no big deal. Things could change during the day, but it looks like the Geoff B family will get through this storm fine. It has given me a chance to fire up the generator, organize our storm shutters and do some extra shopping. Anybody who doesn’t believe in food storage should come to Miami and live through a hurricane.
So sez you. I’m sure it was my congregation’s prayers for high-altitude wind shear.
We could use the rain up here.