Her name is Fay. She appears, at the moment to be fairly irritable, slightly organized, and hellbent to breakfast to introduce herself to us in about two days.
That's Fay as in "Tropical Storm Fay."
If you grab a look at that map, we're right there where that point says "8 AM Tuesday" (at least, as of right now on Sunday afternoon.
Other than the threat of an impending storm which screwed up our trip here about four years ago (just google Hurricane Charley) and you'll get some idea what that one was like, they've been pretty quiet here on Florida's Gulf Coast on the storm front. Fay's only packing winds around 55 - 60 mph and is going to cruise over Cuba and track due north up the West coast of Florida. We're within the range of places where a hurricane watch has been issued. The main concern is that when it clears Cuba and hits the Gulf of Mexico (where thanks to the season water temperatures are running 85 - 90 degrees), it could strengthen. THAT is the variable nobody knows about to this point.
So for now...we gas up the car, maybe book a few rooms at a Country Inn and Suites somewhere up I-75 in case we need them and watch and wait.
Other than that, it's been absolutely gorgeous and warm in true Florida style. High 80's to low 90's and oppressively humid...you know, just what we were looking forward to.
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