Here We Go Again

Things could change, of course, once the hurricane hunters get out there and check out the details, but as usual there's a storm coming and the initial models have it aimed at us. Early models being what they are, that might be good news, but internal alerts are already going out for a possible hurricane around the end of the weekend. 

It has not escaped my notice that next Sunday will be the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

We should know something a little more reliable around 4 pm today, but I am not liking what I'm seeing right now.  On this day in 2005 I innocently wrote,  "Hurricane Katrina seems to have changed her mind a bit and now seems to be leaning toward a visit to the Crescent City. I was afraid of that. The earlier predictions were all over the map. Probably no landfall until Monday, but who knows? It will certainly be a Category 3 hurricane in a day or so.." 

And then the next day: what I wrote on August 27 of 2005.

Early Thursday afternoon models

This morning was super-humid up on the levee. We started out with a pretty big group, and with a bit of tailwind the outbound pace stayed pretty high. With so many in the paceline I was only on the front for three short pulls. It probably would have four or five, but Chris was taking these super-long pulls at 24 mph, and then a final one that ramped up to about 30. The headwind kept the speed down a bit on the return trip, which was good because by then I was feeling pretty tapped out for some reason. 

Anyway, all bets are off right now for the weekend. It could be fine or it could be disaster. We'll just have to wait and see.