A Near Miss

Chris passed by last night and this morning and the tropical storm force winds (greater than 39 mph; greater than 74 mph is a hurricane). So it was a "near miss" here. We did get plenty of rain. I'm not sure how much rain we got, but I was surprised that our road wasn't flooded, as there is a small dip that has had some water in it all week from last week's rain.The Hurricane Hunters investigated the storm and gave regular updates to the National Hurricane Center which were on the NHC website so that's how I tracked the storm. The storm moved further north than originally predicted, so we were not affected as much as expected. The weather reports in the newspaper here aren't even always in the paper, let alone very helpful. But I am hoping to find out how much rain we got...

The warnings sent lots of people shopping to stock-up on hurricane supplies. Dave and I have been prepared since last August though so I went straight home from work yesterday (before 2pm even!). The only extra thing I did was fill up the guest bathtub with water, since when we lose electricity, we have no water pump to supply us with water. The power company apparently implements a "three strike" rule during storms which means "in the event a feeder goes down, WAPA plant personnel will attempt to reenergize the feeder three times. After the third attempt, the power will remain off until the storm has passed ...." Our power went off a few times very briefly so I unplugged the TV and computers and curled up with some soursop tea and a good book before heading to bed early.

Flash flood warnings are still in effect and the sky is still dark. We'll get some more rain today too. But the cruise ships are back and the stores are open. And we're all back at work.