Final Frances check-in

[hel_ana]

Ross is long gone, bound for work. Which I guess leaves me to do the yard cleanup, but I can't complain given how lightly we got off.

::knock wood::

We had a flicker in the power supply at one point, but that was as far as it went. We got out yesterday for breakfast and went to Target. There, we ran into my sisters-in-law, who'd managed to make it out of their neighbourhood. They live around 2nd St, up in the 70's, and their floor is about 6 feet above the waterline. They woke up Monday morning to a street so flooded that there was a guy jet-skiing down it.

Last night, after a yummy dinner, we went out in search of somewhere other than the apartment. The Globe and Bohemia were both closed, so we settled for the St. Pete Diner on 34th St.

Ironically, the diner has significantly better hot chocolate than either of the two coffee houses.

Comments

[netgoth.livejournal.com]

Glad you guys made it through in good shape. **hugs**

[nights-promise.livejournal.com]

Nice to hear that you are safe!

[the-nita.livejournal.com]

Glad you guys got off reasonably light...do they have any word yet as to if Ivan will leave poor FL the hell alone??

*hugs* babe.

[cous-cous.livejournal.com]

Well, the 5 am update has Ivan tracking straight for us again, but that's subject to change by the 11 am update, since the 11 pm update last night had it going somewhere else entirely.

All of which means, "Who the heck knows?" But, since everyone I know has pretty much bookmarked the National Hurricane Center's website (Canadian though she may be, I just know hel_ana is caught up in the tracking craze too) we should know more in a couple of days. Maybe.

To add to our joys though, let me be among the first to point out that there are currently 2 more tropical waves in the Atlantic which the NHC says are "Favorable for development" sometime today or tomorrow.

[the-nita.livejournal.com]

*pounding head into desk*

It's a good thing that "climate change isn't real" - (sarcasm inserted for extra clarity).

Good luck, folks...

[hel_ana]

You know, it's not the increased frequency of hurricanes that scares me about climate change.

It's what's happening this year in the arctic. Loosing significant amounts of permafrost is bad, mkay?

[the-nita.livejournal.com]

None of it is good....it just frustrates me when people wander around going "wow, this is weird" and yet still believe that climate change is crap...

[cous-cous.livejournal.com]

Ironically, the diner has significantly better hot chocolate than either of the two coffee houses.

I can't speak for the Bohemia, but they could pretty much serve dishwater AND STILL have better hot chocolate than The Globe.

[hel_ana]

Oh, the Globe's hot chocolate isn't bad if you have them make it in a smaller mug, and then melt one or two of those 50 cent chocolates into them.

[cous-cous.livejournal.com]

So basically, if you have them make it in an entirely different manner than they usually make it, it's drinkeable.

[hel_ana]

Well, yes.