Ernesto

[grandma]

My house is right on the gulf coast right where this image shows where landfall will be, but, a lot can change by Wednesday.

[Mammabird]

Youse guys in harms way be safe! Have been watching Ernesto's progress.

[grandma]

Now heading right for Joel.
If this is the path, Joel will get the direct hit...I will get storm surge.

[TooLover]

Fingers and toes crossed for you and Joel! If this is the path it takes, I will be in the clear

[Miro The Macaw]

I hate to sound like this, But thanks to the veer to the east it looks like I will miss a direct hit, too. I always feel a little bad thinking 'well, at least its not me', but that it how it goes down here... Hopefully it'll be a weak one.

Storm surge is a problem for me- I am this close to the water-


That is taken from my dock. There is 10' of grass between me and the water- I am on stilts, BUT that only goes so far....

-Andrew

[Joel]

Originally Posted by grandma

Now heading right for Joel.
If this is the path, Joel will get the direct hit...I will get storm surge.

I AM NOT bringing in the Gators from the moat THIS TIME !!!! Toooo much darn work , they will just have to tough it out!!!!!!!

[The Outlaw]

Fare thee well, everybody. Don't take anything for granted. Batten down.

[grandma]

Ahh, only spos' to be cat. 1 anyway and the darn thing keeps changing coarse. I still just worry about the water.

Joel; If I weren't still layed up I would come down and help ya. I could wrestle gators, couldn't I? If ya need a place for some babies, I'm only four hrs. away.

[corralup]

Originally Posted by Miro The Macaw

I hate to sound like this, But thanks to the veer to the east it looks like I will miss a direct hit, too. I always feel a little bad thinking 'well, at least its not me', but that it how it goes down here... Hopefully it'll be a weak one.

Storm surge is a problem for me- I am this close to the water-


That is taken from my dock. There is 10' of grass between me and the water- I am on stilts, BUT that only goes so far....

-Andrew

Hey that place reminds me of my first apartment in Galveston, TEXAS. When we got a direct hit from a hurricane the water came all the way up to the base of the apartment on floor one. But a tornado from the same storm took our roof off.
That was Hurricane Jerry back in the late 80's. It was a scary cat 1-2 storm.
I'm now about 5 miles inland on Texas Coast line. I'm gone if one comes this way. We are 11 foot above sea level here.
Even Hurricane Rita took several of our trees down and it was still 100 hundred miles from our house. Unbelievable. They say the winds here got to around 85 miles an hour.

[Joel]

Originally Posted by grandma

Ahh, only spos' to be cat. 1 anyway and the darn thing keeps changing coarse. I still just worry about the water.

Joel; If I weren't still layed up I would come down and help ya. I could wrestle gators, couldn't I? If ya need a place for some babies, I'm only four hrs. away.

Awwww - Thanks Grammy...... I'll be ok though. If I could survive Andrew in 1992 (Category 5 - with reported winds up to 175 mph in my area (they said) & spawned tornadic winds up to 200 mph, then I can survive these lil ones - only then I did not have even one bird...... I really only worry about them.....Best of luck to you and yours of course & everyone else here in our B.B. Family.......