Wacky Weather Weekends

Well it appears that a Hurricane is comin'. Either way the path leads her, we'll be getting some windy weather and lots of rain. If Hanna comes in on a more southernly route, hitting land on the coast of South Carolina, then we could see some tornadoes poppin' up around our areas. We are about an hour or so inland from Myrtle Beach, SC or Wrightsville Beach, NC (keep your peepers peering when listing to the news - if those cities are sited as landing spots for the 'cane, we'll surely feel it!!).

We had some tornadoes last week in our county and the surrounding counties compliments of Hurricane Fay. Well... her rain and wind bands stretched out around the country and landed us some warnings and watches (warnings mean that they were seen/felt and watches are "good" conditions for whatever you are watching for). The closest tornado we had last week was about 30 miles away. I was at work looking out at the rain and lightning storm while Marissa was following directions whilst covering her ears from the sirens at her school.

We spent the 3-day holiday weekend down in Atlanta, Georgia (more on that later, with pics!) and we saw the news of Gustav hitting down in Louisiana. We might get some of the weather as well.

I work on base at Fort Bragg and they are loading many FEMA trailers on site today and tomorrow in preparation for Government assistance along the coast lines. We are the point-of-contact for the southern coast in natural disasters and calls of emergency. This leads me to believe that we will definitely be seeing some nasty weather approaching. If not Hanna, then Ike is predicted to come our way...