I feel like I'm a bit out of the loop on this one since I haven't been watching TV for a few weeks now and I never read a newspaper. But looky-there! A hurricane's a-comin'!
Now don't get me wrong, I haven't been hiding under a rock somewhere. I knew of Tropical Storm Isaac's existence from the Google news feeds I get on my iGoogle homepage. But I saw that it was on a westward trajectory that seemed like it'd miss Florida altogether so I paid it no mind.
But now it's south of the Bahamas, has cleared Cuba and looks like it'll steer away from the Cuban shore out through the Florida Strait and into the Gulf on an ominous-looking path.
Oh yes, the graphic above shows it staying well to the west of Central Florida, but hurricane tracking is far from an exact science. And Isaac WILL be a hurricane as it comes closer. Over the warm waters of the Gulf, storms tend to strengthen and become well-organized.
Even if it stays on this projected path, we here in Orlando will be on the northeastern edge of the storm for much of it's passing. That's where most of the peripheral wind and rain is.
Is it too late to get my hurricane preparedness kit together?
Or will the "mah-ket" be out of bread, water and eggs?
Then I'll be SCREWED!