go away Fay.

This evening as I was happily finishing my back-to-school supply shopping with the Rachael, Erin and Trevor, I ran into a friend of Erin's. Now this friend is in 2nd grade and here was the conversation.
Kristin: Hey Erin, who do you have for 2nd grade?
Erin: Mrs. Sheppard, who do you have?
Kristin: oh, I don't have her. But did you see the weather? we are getting a hurricane and there won't be a first day of school! (it was so cute, it sounded like she was getting a gift!)
Erin: Yahoo !!(on the top of his lungs, shrieking. squealing, jumping around with his fists in the air)

I was confused. Apparantly I have missed something big. A hurricane? No, see since 2004 we "do" hurricanes. We had enough that year.

So the little girl was kinda right. Yes, there is a storm out there. But it is a Tropical Storm, not a hurricane .... YET! But it looks to make landfall, right here in Tampa Bay on Monday / Tuesday.

So how selfish does this sound? Why does this have to happen on the first day of school. A hurricane day during the first week !! NO NO NO NO!! I'm going to throw a Mommy Tantrum!!

On the bright side. My office is in a level "A" evacuation zone. So once a warning is posted, my office is closes immediately. That's not so bad.

I have done my usually website checking. My favorite website is Hurricane Track. It is pretty straight to the point. Here is an excerpt from the site tonight:

"I will say this- the new GFDL and HWRF hurricane models are ominous. They show Fay becoming an intense hurricane in the eastern Gulf of Mexico next week. Too soon to buy in to this completely but something to definitely consider over the weekend."

I'll be watching the news alot this weekend. And buying some extra groceries and candles...