Vindauga

The outer bands of Fay should be coming across Tampa in just over an hour. Usually I would be excited about this. A Tropical storm or, at best, a Cat One is just going to be a lot of rain and a great reason to have some drinks. However, I am supposed to be moving out of my apartment on Wednesday. So, I should, in theory be packing up my U-haul trailer on Tuesday right when the storm is passing Tampa. And, even if I get it loaded sans rain, I then have to drive North in that mess. Ugh.

The tracking models are not consistent yet but that is only in matters of degree. The storm is hitting Florida. But given its trajectory and the shape of Florida, a very minor change can mean the difference between hitting Naples and Hitting St. Pete. The official track track has it coming ashore in Ft Meyers but the probability cone stretches from the Everglades to Tallahassee. UKMet’s model is perhaps the most distressing, having it stay just off-shore as the storm cruises North wrecking havoc all the way up the coast. That one also takes the storm North to Atlanta, so I’m betting that’s how it will go since it will make my life the hardest.

I have to say though that I do think this is neat timing, a nice bookend to my life here in Florida. That is, there is a hurricane coming to exactly where I live on the very last days that I will be living here. That is pretty cool. Its like nature is giving me a going away present.