Tuesday, August 28th
Dave just said to me downstairs, “This whole thing has turned out to be pretty anti-climatic.” I think I'll hold off on that judgment. We're only beginning to really feel the effects. There have been some bands of rain, but for right now there isn't anything coming down. Looking south toward the river though you can see the clouds rushing to the west. The storm is still just below hurricane level, and might not even get there now, which might not be a bad thing. I'll settle for 70mph winds instead of 100mph winds. The slow moving nature of this system is going to dump a lot of rain on us over the next 24 hours though, and the storm surge here will most likely be 6-12 feet.
Morning coffee doesn't seem to taste that good today for some reason. We are about to venture out to find an ATM, as once the power goes out it will be much better to have cash on hand, so that's the last bit of preparedness that we have to take care of. No rain, but the winds are starting to pick up.
I saw this morning that poor John Sununu was complaining that the media is 'obsessed with weather!' and that more attention should be focused on the Republican Convention in Tampa! Whatever, you tired old bag of shit. Just keep your yap open and let all that whiny bitch-dom out. That's it.
