Preparing for Hurricane Katrina
Well, here we go again !
What is this, our 7th hurricane this year ???????????
Edit--staying in Gulf Shores for now....canceled Holiday Inn for Sunday nite., traffic is all tyed up and besides, if i am gonna be miserable, rather be miserable w/ something exciting to photograph other than road rage....will ck weather tv at 2 a.m. and f Katrina turns back this way, we will jump in car and head towards Columbus GA. Staying at the granny house in subdivision across the st from Little Lagoon. Car loaded w/ computer stuff is in the garage. Fridge full of beer !
10:30 p.m., weather prediciton on TV downgraded here from wind at 130 MPH to 100 MPH, so maybe we'll live thru it. So weird to hear the local report say, in it's automated voice, 'rain likely, wind gusting to 100 MPH. "
High water predicted to be about 12 or so ft, and that will be close to the door here at the 'granny house' . Went over to my lagoon house few minutes ago and water is over the seawall about the same as it was in the afternoon. All electricity is off on the beach...all totally dark across the lagoon. I guess to prevent fires like what happened during Hurricane Georges, I think it was, when Marlin Key Condos caught fire and burned TO THE GROOUND. I remember they turned electricty off on West Beach for Ivan too.
Changed mind--reservations for two nites now at Holiday Inn in Columbus GA...closest place to the east I could get.
COLUMBUS-N-I85-PTREE MALL
2800 MANCHESTER EXPRESSWAY
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA 31904
706/324-0231
Don't know yet what will actually happen. If it is a biggie, might just go on to Memphis, or might just need one or two nites out of town---weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell see.
WeatherBabe Stephanie Abrams is right here in Gulf Shores, so she will keep us up-to-the-minute on the Weather Channel TV.
Meanwhile, tons of preperations to take care of.
What is this, our 7th hurricane this year ???????????
Edit--staying in Gulf Shores for now....canceled Holiday Inn for Sunday nite., traffic is all tyed up and besides, if i am gonna be miserable, rather be miserable w/ something exciting to photograph other than road rage....will ck weather tv at 2 a.m. and f Katrina turns back this way, we will jump in car and head towards Columbus GA. Staying at the granny house in subdivision across the st from Little Lagoon. Car loaded w/ computer stuff is in the garage. Fridge full of beer !
10:30 p.m., weather prediciton on TV downgraded here from wind at 130 MPH to 100 MPH, so maybe we'll live thru it. So weird to hear the local report say, in it's automated voice, 'rain likely, wind gusting to 100 MPH. "
High water predicted to be about 12 or so ft, and that will be close to the door here at the 'granny house' . Went over to my lagoon house few minutes ago and water is over the seawall about the same as it was in the afternoon. All electricity is off on the beach...all totally dark across the lagoon. I guess to prevent fires like what happened during Hurricane Georges, I think it was, when Marlin Key Condos caught fire and burned TO THE GROOUND. I remember they turned electricty off on West Beach for Ivan too.
Changed mind--reservations for two nites now at Holiday Inn in Columbus GA...closest place to the east I could get.
COLUMBUS-N-I85-PTREE MALL
2800 MANCHESTER EXPRESSWAY
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA 31904
706/324-0231
Don't know yet what will actually happen. If it is a biggie, might just go on to Memphis, or might just need one or two nites out of town---weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell see.
WeatherBabe Stephanie Abrams is right here in Gulf Shores, so she will keep us up-to-the-minute on the Weather Channel TV.
Meanwhile, tons of preperations to take care of.
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