We're getting closer to the day that we leave for Florida. As usual, it looks like we are going to arrive right after a major storm. In 2001, we arrived in Cancun three hours after tropical storm Chantal had battered the coast just south of there. In 2002, we arrived in Galveston just one day after a storm dropped 11.46 inches of rain (an all-time record). This year:
Meet tropical storm Bonnie, set to hit central and northern Florida on Thursday. Immediately thereafter, tropical storm Charley will be arriving.
Both are good candidates to become hurricanes, Charley slightly more of one. So go on, Florida, get it out of your system. I'm looking for clear skies the following weeks.
8-11-04 UPDATE:
Charley is now a hurricane, and Bonnie is getting ready to make landfall in the morning near Panama City, still with the potential to strengthen into a hurricane. Their paths will cross, but Charley will be a full day behind, say the weather experts.
Charley will hit at or near Key West early on Friday. But tonight, they are still partying at Sloppy Joe's.
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