Wilma Makes 12

Wilma makes 12 hurricanes for 2005, tying the record set in 1969 for most hurricanes in a year. It's shaping up to be a nasty storm and I'm not liking the computer models much. Win lose or draw, Wilma will hit the Gulf Coast of Florida, giving the insurance companies more reason to stick it to us again, even if our neighborhood doesn't take a direct hit.

You can see from the models above that the NHC ia pretty confident of a Florida hit. It's just too soon to tell when, where and how sharply Wilma will turn before making landfall. The discussion points out that the intensity is tough to forecast, but the waters in the Gulf are about eight degrees lower than a month ago. To my way of thinking, that's good news for all of us.

We're just wondering if we're going to be spending Friday night and all day Saturday putting up our shutters. It's sure starting to look like it. I guess we'd better prepare the hunker bunker.

And the fun never ends in Hurricane Land...