Ernesto on its way

Whoa, been a while since I posted an entry here.

In case you didn't know, I am in the Central Florida area, and Ernesto, the first tropical storm of the season, is heading our way. It isn't supposed to reach hurricane status, so I am not very worried. Hurricane Charlie was the first hurricane I had to live through and it turned out not to affect me too much personally. As a matter of fact, with the way our building is situated, I was able to stand on my deck in the middle of the storm and watch everything blow by. That was one of the most powerful storms to reach this far inland, with winds around 100+ mph, and producing some crazy damage to trees, buildings and billboards all over the state. Ernesto is not supposed to hit hurricane status, which is 74 mph winds, but we are in the cone of 50 to 70% probability of having winds greater that 39 mph, but less than 74 mph. I think they are figuring on around 40 to 50mph sustained winds.

Anyway, I had been trying to think of something to post, and this is the most significant thing going on right now. So, I will wait it out here at home, then post an update after it passes by. With winds of only around 40 to 50mph, I am doubting anything goes down, so I may post updates as the day wears on. They cancelled school for tomorrow (I am a teacher), so I have the day off. Lets just hope that my internet and power stay up the whole time.