A Storm By Any Other Name

       I got a little busy yesterday evening and didn't really have the time to write, but this might work out better. Monday is my day off so I think I'll be switching to every Monday for now anyway. As you know, Hurricane Nicole hit us this week and it was quite the experience. I didn't suffer any damage other than a few small limbs down in the yard, but the adventure was at work. On Tuesday I was at the Space Center location and my relief decided that they weren't coming out since the Space Center was suspending operations and only essential personal could be on property. That meant I had to stay until midnight and shut the whole building down. It was a little strange being one of only a few people left in the entire area. I didn't see any other person until I was on the road on the way out the gates. It was like a ghost town out there. 

     As for the storm itself, as far as I can remember I've never experienced a CAT 1 storm that was that windy and noisy. With the massive size of the storm and the fact that we were on the worst side of the storm it's not out of the norm to get hit with the strongest winds, but with it being so big we got hit with the highest gusts for an incredibly long time. These storms are getting bigger and with that size comes more damage even for a CAT 1 storm. I think NOAA is going to have to recategorize theses storms in the future. Wind strength isn't a defining characteristic of them anymore. You have to take the size into consideration now.

     I did lose power but it was only down for about 16 hours. I honestly slept through most of it. Just a relaxing day with the doggoes. They enjoyed it cause they got to hang out on the front porch most of the day. They like barking at people, I'm not a fan of it, but it makes them happy.

    I'm not really sure what I have left to say today. There are a couple of things that are rocking my foundation right now, but I'm not sure I'm ready to talk about it just yet, so I'll leave you with a picture of The Chonk and say Peace in and goodnight, even though it's still early on a Monday morning.