Outside the Cone

Florida is outside the cone for a change. Outside the cone is a lovely place to be. It gives us additional time to prepare for the next storm. We are getting an estimate on a hurricane door for our garage. I didn't much like the way the old door behaved when Dennis' winds came crashing up from the south, so we're looking at getting a "wind kit" or just upgrading the whole door.

The garage door, because it is such a large opening, is the Achilles heel for most homes. Once the wind enters your home, the roof comes off. Once the roof comes off...well, you're toast. Wet toast, but toast just the same. I will explore this more in the coming chapters of my book, which will be posted as hurricane activity allows me time to edit and proof them.

It looks like Emily might crash into the Yucatan, which is hard for us to watch as we have friends on that peninsula, too. Manuela, Jesus Yanet, Alfredo, Yurson and Estrella: we're thinking about you.

As of now, the winds are not strengthening and hurricane watches and warnings have been downgraded to tropical storm advisories for the southern windward islands. Emily is not expected to reach hurricane strength before clearing the islands tonight as predicted earlier.