Katrina The Hurricane

In line w my intended posts about the hurricane season in my place, SW FL, I am able to tell y'all that the wind is playing w the trees, already, here, and the only imp issue for us, thank God, is the flood danger, b/c Katrina may change into a heavily raining Tropical Storm when crossing the west coast of the peninsula into the Gulf.

The big q, the 64K$ q, as the meteorologists here say, is what will she do when hitting the warm waters of the Gulf again, very good feeders for it. Will she make a sharp angle into inland, or will go north into the panhandle?

We didn't shutter the windows, but I'll put batteries in the portable TV, in the weather radio and the flashlights.

I'm worried about the stray kittens whom we feed, a few mths old. They will be scared to death by the strong wind gusts.

I'll keep you posted, guys. Hold us all fingers,

Dan

Thank you, J! The animation is simply adorable!! That's how we feel, he-he!

Your sig is wonderful, ya know? It's so true:Trim, trim, trim!!!

Dan

Oh, thank you so very much, Vanessa, for your thoughtfulness and care!! I will, definitely I'll take care!

Dan

Local Update as of 11:00 AM, today

The gods of weather and its offspring, the hurricanes, spared us, here, in SW FL. It's just unbelievable how incredibly unpredictable from a moment to the next, a hurricane, and for that matter, the weather, can be.

The winds are visible in the bushes and trees sway, but not strong, really and the kittens did just right. I gave them some dry food after midnight, just to comfort them, but this morning they seemed to be rather unrattled, playing around w each other.

The hurricane slid to the SW in its course from E to W across the peninsula, in a shape of a big bowl in which middle, upward, we are located. Now where it will go from there, while over the Gulf, on warm waters, the feeder of this critter, is the big q. It will (certainly?) be a one-two punch, if it hits the panhandle, and by then it might be a strengthened hurricane b/c of its travel over the Gulf.

As of now, there are another two depressions coming to us from Africa, which may be the next ones. Don't open your fingers, yet, guys, we need you!

The Hurricaned Dan

Yeah, pets can be and are a "problem". We have shelters here, in case people need it, and there are some who won't allow you in w pets, and some who do allow it, a few only, very few.

By association, when the Israelis (I'm from Isr, so I am int'ed in all of it, natcherly)were evacuated from the Gaza Strip and the four West Bank settlements, some left behind, shamefully, their pets, dogs, cats, birds, an iguana, even, and the Army had to collect them. Some volunteer orgs take care of them, now, for adoption or just caring for them.

Dan

BTW, aspier, there was a "stray" hurricane which hit England, I don't know when, exactly, one which got from the S Atlantic to there.

Dan

Quite diff, really.

I'm zonked, Zonk! Liquordale? Three layings of the same egg? That's funny!

Dan

I apologize for not thanking you at first. I was so taken w your Liquortown and the multiple eggs-laying hen, that I overlooked it.

So, thanked be and bless you all!

BIIIIIIG grin!!

Dan

I am so glad it spared us, here, in SW FL, but I feel a bit egoistic to say so, b/c others will be hit, but this is nature's will and its master, God.

Houses are hopping in value all around here, too. it's just crazy, unbelievable how much the prices upped.

I live in the 5th town in the nation in growth rate, so how wouldn't it be so?

Dan

I'm gld you're okay, robeaie.

Last yr, w Charlie, I lost four trees in my yard, frontsides and back.

Dan

For Vanessa

I remember you said that you're from NO and I wanted to wish you and your dear ones much good luck and make sure you all take care as much as possible and stay safe.
Good luck.

BTW, I plan a trip to the Big Easy at Xmas time, for a wk. All is already set and scheduled w reservations. We'll drive up there.

Another BTW: I installed the Firefox. Read my post about it in IE crash, in Tech.

Dan