Hurricane Idalia (Patreon)

**Update**

Idalia was all but a non-event here in central Florida.  This far inland all we've gotten is a lot of rain and tropical storm force wind gusts....nothing to write home about.  I went to bed at 2am fully expecting the power to be out when I got up at 10am, but....nope.  We're still under a Tropical Storm Warning, but that will probably be lifted some time this evening.  Otherwise, just a bunch of little tree limbs to pick up after the rain stops.

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Sunny with a slight chance of hurricanes.

Welcome to Florida.

Unlike last years Hurricane Ian and Irma back in 2017, this storm will probably only be a Category One when it arrives over the state on Tuesday.  This far inland (I'm 30 miles northwest of Orlando) a Cat 1 will (usually) only be a rainmaker with a chance of power outages.

I've already got plenty of the usual provisioning...food, gas, etc.  Just need to go get some Clamato and vodka for the traditional Hurricane Bloody Mary.  :D

With that said, keeping my air conditioner outage two weeks ago in mind, I have already scheduled this coming week's posts in advance.  Likewise, barring this storm deciding to get grumpy, the monthly updates coming next weekend shouldn't be effected.