My hurricane preparations always include prayer and I’m asking for this boy to simply dissipate into the ether. He might follow Hannah’s path, hit us head on or duck underneath the peninsula and go into the gulf. None of the above scenarios are good.

Pink means Cat 4.

At the beginning of this hurricane season - that would be June 1st for the land locked - Bou said she had a really bad feeling about this year. Tammi said the water was much too warm early on.
Guyk said: “…people, 150 mph wind will blow a 2″X4″ through a concrete brick wall.”
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This is called ‘Covering Your Ass’.

Theirs are only educated guesses, really.
We’re out of it down here and actually saw a glimpse of sunlight today. More wind today than rain; thank goodness, since we got enough rain yesterday to last awhile.