And the storm continues...Fay...GO AWAY!

It's Thursday morning and again we are feeling the effects of this crazy storm...the outside temps have been hovering around the 78 degree mark...humidity is 100% but without the sun, it doesn't feel bad. When we awoke this morning, the air was calm, no rain....hmmm, need to flip the tube on and see what's happening....the 'eye' of the storm was sitting 45 miles ESE of Daytona when I went to bed last night around midnight...that's just below the city of Oakhill, which is only about five miles from my sister. WOW...now the 'eye' is sitting just 20 miles ESE off Daytona...that's sis's area for sure...as we watch the weather map, you can see the edge of the eye has begun to cross the coastline between North Daytona and all the way to the north end of Titusville...that's a few miles!

By 8 am, we are seeing light rain once more. Still sitting and spinning around us...our county is currently under a Flood watch as we continue to receive rain. Brevard county to the south has severe flooding issues and is still receiving rains from the southern edge of the storm. Its a fairly huge system. I think one of the most irritating things during this storm has been the way people seem to act...You'd think Florida has never seen any type of hurricane or tropical system the way everyone is all spooked acting.

Ok, so maybe there hasn't been one that acted like this storm exactly...yippee skippee...every single system that enters this area acts in its own way. But they all say this same thing every time we have a weather system...'we've never seen this happen before'...yeah, give me a break already. If you haven't seen it, maybe its because YOU haven't lived here long enough to experience it. After all, this isn't the FIRST storm to stall out over the state and dump gallons of water. There are just so many 'snowbirds' who have moved here recently that have never had the pleasure of our summer systems. I have lived in this area for the past twenty-one years and while its disruptive, the storms are just a part of living here...kinda like living in 'snow country'...every year you know you are going to have some type of weather certain times of the year...ya just hope its not a severe year weather-wise. I'd rather see the rain than snow...at least it's warm outside and we don't have to worry about freezing. Got the canoe close if its needed, and both of us swim....the dogs and chickens though, well, guess they'll just be wet if it gets that bad!

Our yard isn't looking too bad...of course the swamp is back, and it is rising a bit. But the lull in the rains while we were sitting directly under the 'eye' has allowed a good bit of the water to run off or soak in. Last night it was up to the fence post closest to the end of the trailer...was beginning to creep up the little 'hill' in the front of the screen porch. This morning it had receded back to its 'normal space'. Even the pasture next door had drained considerable.

The winds are beginning to pick up a bit and the rain is falling pretty steady...guess we won't be worrying about drought any time soon! From the newspaper, they are saying that because we haven't had a lot of rain this summer (where have THEY been?), there is enough room in the local lakes and retention ponds that we should be ok...yeah, well have they looked at the canals and storm drains? There's no place for the water to run to as the storm is pushing in from the coast!! HELLO....it normally is carried to the river....which is FULL and spilling...the 'river' is the Intercoastal waterway...between the mainland and beachside....the storm is pushing the water through the inlet as it comes on shore. I'm over the news reporters...they are so concentrated on what is happening to the BEACH, ok, well what about the rest of the area? Can we not be shown what is happening on the main roads and on the mainland? We all know the beach is getting tore up as the waves pound and pull the sand out. Ya'll were idiots for ever allowing developers to build on the east side of A1-A to begin with. What were they thinking to allow building on the dunes? Now every storm that hits, they expect help to rebuild these monster condo's and hotels because the sand has been sucked out from under their foundations. Money wasted in my mind. Can't even see the water as you cross the bridges any longer because of all the high rise buildings.

To the north of us in Flagler county, the concern is A1-A being washed out by the storm...last night the roadbed was only a couple of feet from the edge that drops to the beach below. Its been washed out before and has been shored up with huge boulders to help hold the bank in place...like that's going to stop an angry ocean....hahahaha...I know, sick pup.

For the past two days, hubby has been home. His boss was to call him later this morning if they were going to be able to do anything at the shop. So far, looks like he won't be going in today either....the bank account is not happy. All the grey seems to be having a depressing affect on me, woke up mad, couldn't find my hairbrush, and listening to the weather idiot only made my mood more foul. Found the hairbrush finally (was in the shadows, under my cellphone), got hubby to turn off the tv...made my coffee and finally got calmed down. Now I'm ready to turn the tv back on so I can at least see what this hateful 'bi-ach' is doing. Glutton for punishment as I know it only irritates me....one more reason to use the mute button....