Soon to Be HURRICANE CHRIS crusing towards Miami (or a look into the mind of Bobbi in Miami Waiting ... and watching Chris come her way.......)

First news of the Day... the wind speed is STILL 60mph even though the pressure has dropped. Bad sign..bad thing to hear first thing.

The last thing I heard after doing a quick spell check... the 8AM advisory ups the wind speed to 65mph in anticipation of upgrading Tropical Storm Chris into Hurricane Chris a little later today.

So... instead of giving you details you can find anywhere online I am going to give you an eye into my mind..and my thoughts this morning while Chris gets his eye together. I'm sure he will have a cute, mischevous eye, trust me on this.

Why bother even checking the advisory.. it has been wnw at 10 for some time now.

That being said... read along and you can see the thoughts of Bobbi.. living in Miami with a blue roof and hearing the song, "it had to be you, it had to be you.. it had to be you, you wandered around, finally found the...the hurricane who... will make you feel blue... " and see what spins in the mind of a Hurricane Tracker living in Miami on the morning that Tropical Storm Chris tries to become HURRICANE CHRIS... maybe Marathon as a Cat 2 I'm thinking now... maybe, there or anywhere..

Read along to the bluesy tune playing in my head (it had to be you):

First you wake up and put on the weather and you think... "oh look, Chris is more round" and you listen to the news anchor talk. "Well, you think..... it didn't fall apart or go away overnight."

Then they show a graphic .... "THE CONE" and you see just as you thought they would do last night "THE CONE HAS BEEN TURNED CLOSER TO YOUR CITY"

The news anchor sounds urgent but says something reassuring like, "it is still far away and a lot can happen."

You look at the big map and think, "right, it could go through the Keys or the Straights of Florida"

Then they show the satellite imagery and you think, "oh my gosh is that a band developing on the top" and "damn its one round ball of solid color"

Then you hear the girl talking about it being a "small storm" and that little voice in your head goes, "well so if it hits Summerland Key or Marathon then Miami may not feel very much"

Then, you hear the first signs of possible disaster calling your name, "but it is expected to develop into a Category One Cane later today" and you think "like right... around 11?"

You switch to The Weather Channel... She is making you nervous on the local channel.

They are talking on TWC about flight level winds of 71 being taken down to surface, yadi yadi oh crap yadi it's 60mph and you realize the whole way to South Florida on their next graphic they have a 1 1 1 1 headed to the Miami area.

You tell yourself that a lot can happen. You reassure yourself of all the times they were SURE a hurricane was coming and it veered north, veered south, fizzled in the Atlantic or looped over the Bahamas for two days before going off to North Carolina.

You feel a bit better... you breathe nervously.

Then you remember.........the warm water temps, the slow forward speed and you think... those 1 1 1's will be turned to 2 2 2 and then just over the warm water of the Gulfstream it will go WHAM and be 2 2 3 and you take a deep breath and..................forget to exhale.

Damn, Damn, Damn...

Son emails you to explain that what Clark is really saying on www.flhurricane.com is that this is a replay of another type of storm.. you know.. that storm... some Andrew like storm.

Oh my goodness, damn, darn......... this is not a Debby but an Andrew... struggle, struggle, toil and trouble... hang in and hang in up over the islands, west north west, one small tight little nothing storm and then the high expands west and pushes the storm more towards Florida.

Suddenly this morning's models no longer mean a lot to you because you know.... trouble is coming and it will be a few days before we know if this will mean my leaky roof will leak or my leaky roof will fall off :( and the blue tarp will decorate the house with the leaky roof behind mine.

Oh...........noooooooooooooooooo..................

And, in denial you tell yourself.. "it could go away" and yet deep down you know that Chris is not going away.

Nope. NEVER.

Like Clark and Superman... he is always there to tease and confuse Lois and you know........ you are so, so screwed.

Maybe...

Oh......darn, I looked again at the TV screen..

Looks like a hurricane is brewing in the Sea.. the Ocean... it stayed north of the islands, it will keep staying just north of the islands and when it hits the Turks and the Caicos... it will strengthen fast.

And, all of Miami who was living in the past will go "they said it was just a small, tropical storm" and...

List of To Do Things:
AA Batteries
C Batteries for the bigger TV
Come on Bobbi... this is your thing, think, think.. what do you buy and when do you shop?

Starbucks, canned, expresso... starbucks canned expresso..

and snacks for the kids

Oh well.. we are on diets anyway.. all we really need is:

South Beach Chocolate Meal Bars
Slim fast.. drink warm if necessary
Starbucks Expresso in a can.
Fiji Water


I got to go, I have things to do..

The world can turn without me today but not tomorrow.

www.hurricanecity.com
www.flhurricane.com
www.tropicalatlantic.com
www.skeetobite.com ?? or something like that..

Oh.....help..........

Listen to Clark and HF duke it out at flhurricane

Listen to Chris and others like canetrakker at hurricanecity

Listen to the National Hurricane Center

Listen to BOBBI

Any storm that has traveled all the way from Africa as one tight, intense ball and kept the same signature of circulation is NOT going away. No amount of wishing will make this storm hit Haiti and fall apart. Throwing water on it will not make it melt. Follow the Yellow Brick Road all the way to the Land of Tropical Oz, better known as the Banana Republic of Miami or the Conch Republic because this storm may very well come in as a strong, major Cane somewhere through the Florida Keys and keep on going into the Gulf of Mexico.

WNW at 10 mph (very slow) over soon to be very warm water and it doesn't take a degree in meteorology to know that we are in trouble... possibly deep trouble. Hopefully it will do something.. maybe lift a bit more somehow...

The girl on Channel 2 who isn't wearing the leather today... "the dry air is gone and the shear has lessened and this is bad news for us"

Turn Chris Turn... will be the cry of most Miamians tomorrow.

Zalmy, age 11 sitting on the sofa next to me announces "it's going to Texas"

sigh, breathe... don't curse.. today is not a day for cursing.

Breathe today
Shop tomorrow
Curse the day after tomorrow..

A look into the mind of a Hurricane Tracker in Miami as Chris moves steadily WNW at 10mph over very warm water towards our back yard and my blue roof :(

(Just had to be you....)