September 22, 2005
Watching from a distance
Like rocket launches, nuclear explosions and Osmond family concerts, hurricanes are best watched from a long distance.
The center is now predicted to track north of my house, but that means squat. I'm almost certain the place will be destroyed. I say this mostly so that if it really is lost I can get used to the idea, if not, I'll be glad for any small blessing. So now the hardest thing to do will be to try to do home work, study etc, without being totally obsessed with this thing.
From what I've seen on TV so far, It looks like people are leaving the area. I'm glad we left when we did and not later in the day as we had originally planned.
"The Weather Channel's Jim Cantore" is standing on highway 146 which is my main drag to and from school. Last night the place was a parking lot on TV.
Today it's a an empty lot. It was surreal to see my home depot and my Target on TV. It will be more surreal afterwards.
I heard rumors people are pushing their cars down the roads to save gas, things are moving so slowly. I haven't seen it so I'm not sure I believe it, but if things move that slowly and the land is flat, why not?
Posted by Bob at September 22, 2005 07:56 AM