Really feel bad for what you are all going through. Remember the most unnerving thing after Andrew was not the storm experience itself which varied between terrorizing and exhilirating but the months of nothing being the same. A few weeks til main things were normal but months til clean up and repairs and know in south dade was closer to a year or so.

There should be some sort of plan for schools.. what I dont know... some set up in the future tho how often does an area get wiped out twice?

As for football.. was sick monday night and couldn't crawl over to the switch to even turn it on. Sometimes even things we love get put on the back burner til we can deal with them, enjoy them.

As for Carib storm... can't see how it won't materialize unless a fast winter sets in with a strong wind flow. Figure we have a week or two respite before we have to start shuttering up and shopping again.

I mean its normal to have things come up from the carib in october and late sept.

everyone remember jeanne was born close in just before the islands so watch those waves from africa

and......accuweather and every other outlaw forecaster (my name.. think willie and waylon) have been right this year where nhc was off.. NHC was on target with updates but because they are liable in a governmental way they cannot change their forecasts, suddenly go by synoptic flow and sat imagery until they have sent planes to the del marva peninsular and get back data, run it thru their models (next model update not current set) and then review it.. my God a 1935 storm could have wiped Florida off the map before the NHC went through all its steps to protect the accuracy of their forecast to post a change and go with what they see.

Something somewhere has to be changed or... they can just leave it like it is and let all those companies who pay money to guys like joe to forecast for them to put his kids through college. I mean thats how america works right? Free market capitalism?

NHC is good.. in their way but there has to be a change to go with what they see w/o having to send planes to Del Marva Pen...to justify what they know. They are the best..they know plenty.. someone has to let the tiger lose if you ask me.

Speaking of tigers.. ask Neil Frank to come back

take care...will post again sometime
be well ...bobbi
hang in there