Boredom is really starting to set in! The winds are picking up. From my vantage point here 6 stories up on the edge of Audubon Park, I have noticed that all traffic on the river has stopped. We still have not seen a drop of rain. I just got back from the roof of the building (12th floor, I think), where I was helping take down some metal roofing that had been rigged up to protect the glass wall and sliding windows of the rooftop party room. One part didn't really fit well and the wind had started to rip it down, so we cut it off and stowed it so it wouldn't end up flying around where it could do some real damage. It was pretty windy up there, especially holding a 10x3 sheet of metal roofing!
The water in the Lake is already coming over the seawall (which happens pretty much every time there's a strong North wind), and so the press is having a field day with that, but the average water level in the lake is still below the top of the seawall in most places. It's just the waves that are washing over and flooding the area between the lake and the levee.
My brother called from Orlando to say that the national news was talking about having 14 feet of water in the city. I think they got that from "The Mayor's" latest press conference. The Mayor has been consistently (and wisely) exaggerating the threat in order to frighten people enough to keep them from doing something stupid. Unfortunately, the press doesn't seem to get it. The storm track virtually ensures that the eye of the storm will be at least 100 miles East of us, so we're likely to get sustained winds of maybe 40-50 mph. So far, I've had three Cokes, about a pound of potato chips, a chicken sandwich and a bowl of leftover salad. Help! I'm trapped inside with a full refrigerator!
When and if our power goes out, I won't be able to make any more posts, since I'm using The Mom's desktop computer.
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