[Packo]

I love living on the coast but hurricane season is one of hope, one of fear, and one of disaster. Just ask the Gulf.

This friggin' Ophielia thing is going no where, is going north west, is going north east, is a threat, is not a threat, it will be in Beaufort on Tuesday at 0500, may not hit, will hit from Fla to NC. I'm tired of it. Our county went on like Death Con 3 this afternoon. NOAA says it will hit us about 0500 Tuesday morning. I was to play in the AMVETS tourney tomorrow morning at 0900 with the Command Master Chief....but both of us talked and cancelled out when NOAA said Beaufort is the target. Getting all my shit together and before hitting the rack decided to watch the Weather Channel at 10:50 to see what's up. They feel that nothings going to happen and it will probably go out in the Atlantic or hit somewhere between Fla and NC. Now I'm no idiot and believe in being prepared, but it's no wonder that people wait until the last minute before they upchuck their lives. My plan is to hit WALLY WORLD about 0500, get my plywood out, buy the usual, (Gimp...Deb wants Deviled Ham, sound familiar?), water, extra fuel, we already have reservations a few mile inland, and all the other stuff ya gotta do....then you check NOAA and they say...Beaufort. Weather Channel says....ahh...we thing it's not a threat. What the friggin' hell do you do???? Sure hate this time of year.

Gotta get some sleep.....just in case. And go spend a huge amount of bucks tomorrow, just in case, and listen to the experts, who don't have a clue. Life in the Lowcountry.

Frustrated Pack.