Hurricane Preparation - Volcano Evacuations - Seasons Change - What Does Continental United States Mean? Hmnn Colors of Spring & Summer... Caribbean Blue

Let's start with the tropics first. The system we were watching in the Caribbean split into two areas of energy. One hanging back down in the Caribbean near Cuba and Jamaica and the other piece of energy got sucked up towards the Carolina Beaches mixing it up with a slow approaching front. Satellite loop above. Image is shown below. 

Note the waters of the East Pacific are beginning to get more active and it is possible there could be an Invest Area there in the near future. Shear there is strong as it is here so time will tell but the area is trying to juice up and officially their season begins on May 15th. It's also worth pointing out that while it may seem counter intuitive the area around the Bahamas and Florida is referred to as the NE Caribbean and that's why I use that term even though it is in the Atlantic Ocean. For cruise purposes, no I am not taking one, you can see what I mean on this map below.

I also want to mention water temperatures. Oddly water temperatures are warmer than usual in some places and cooler in others. What that means when the real hurricane season hits us is still up for grabs but it's a good indicator of what will happen over the next month or so.

The area around Florida and Cuba is warm.

Odd areas off the East Coast are warm.

Epac is warm in odd places further from land.

The world is so beautiful.

From outer space.

Down below it gets violent sometimes.

The scenes below are from a real light volcanic nightmare that is going on in parts of the big island of Hawaii that is one of the 50 states of America yet you won't see much about it on the news. Politics and odd local stories usually involving alligators, cockroaches and mosquitoes take precedence often. It's sad because this is going on in America and it's creating toxic gas, lava flows and evacuations. The situation could get worse as volcanoes are hard to predict and it's hard to know for sure when enough steam has been released or whether more is going to burst out suddenly. If this were going on in a populated city in the Continental United States I'm pretty sure it would be lead national news the way flooding in Houston during Harvey grabbed the headlines and reporters were there day after day covering the aftermath. Compare and contrast the problems Puerto Rico is still having after Hurricane Maria slammed the island back a century or so into the past knocking out electric and all sorts of every day modern life. They are still cleaning up and trying to get the power back on and yet it's a small story buried in the back of the newspaper or your news feed. True Hawaii is an actual state and the people there have more rights than they do in Puerto Rico which is still a territory but they are not part of the "Continental United States" which is a geographic term, but I'm beginning to wonder if it's really a political term. I have a degree in International Relations with special emphasis in Geography so that's how my brain works. 

That is not a scene from Jurassic World.

Real life drama.

As for lighter thoughts I want to point out the seasons are changing and thankfully so are the make up palettes as the powers that be have been shoving the natural nude make up look down our throats for the last few years. While there is a time and place for a "natural look" that needs much make up to actually achieve it's time for it to go.

Spring is here.

Color is back in style.

Smokey look is gone.

Natural look is gone.

Poof gone with the wind...

Color is in...

Something to think on...

Be like the Conch Nation.

Be prepared for Hurricane Season.

 EVERYONE from the Texas Border to the coast of Maine and every where in between needs to start preparing NOW for Hurricane Season. Key West sits down there a rock in the Caribbean hoping this year's hurricanes miss the rock we love so much. So go light a candle in the Grotto on Truman Street and keep praying. But before they appear on satellite imagery heading WNW you can start preparing NOW. If you are not in the "Continental United States" and live in Hawaii or Puerto Rico you may want to start preparing for hurricanes also. Alaska gets earthquakes just so you know Mother Nature ain't leaving anyone out.

Kind of looks like the blue Dior palette!

Are the colors of the Caribbean in style this season?

I think so.

But that's a blog for another day.

Besos BobbiStorm

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