If anyone is wondering, no, waiting for a storm to come ashore is not something I recommend. Indeed, waiting is the hardest part. First, for the storm to meander through pressure zones. And then, for the long hours while it makes its move.
Right now, family friends and neighbors in the red zones are trying to decide where they'll run to, or on the road that way if they've already made their committment. Ain't none of it fun. Knowing not what you'll come back to.
We're staying put; we've been through a couple storms now in our present location, so have some knowledge of what the local geography has in store for us. We're out of the evacuation zone, anyway. It'll be the afterward where things get interesting.
So, Laura is headed our way.
Actually, let me return to the waiting bit. It being 2020, there was a, mercifully brief, moment where both Marco and Laura were projected to hit our area within 24 hours of each other. The ensemble tracks in that particular simulation run got everyone's attention.
Nobody sleeps on a storm on the Gulf Coast, but that particular forecast, brief as it was, focused everything down. If you've loved ones here in the path, now's the time where they need your best wishes.
About 48 hours from now will be when they need your help, if and where you can. Keep well keep safe, and let's all be kind for a while. We're all going to need it.
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