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Iff'n Ida known you was a-comin Ida - hurricane talk

It's time to talk hurricanes. In 2005 this weekend there was a storm that some folks only refer to as K.

That bad.

This year we have Ida brewing. Soon to be a hurricane, maybe before I post this.

I follow Yale Climate Connections. A couple days ago "txhurl" wrote "Iffn' Ida known you was a-comin I'da"

And a poem spewed forth from the froth:

Iffn' Ida known you was a-comin Ida...

battened down hatches
locked all those latches
savored one last look around

put up the shutters
shouted not muttered
and took the train outta town

Ida bought me some floats
invested in boats
and learned how to swim or fly

but I didn't do dat
so now it's a wrap,
time to kiss my sweet-ass goodbye

© Copyright 2021 Kåre Enga [178.215] (24.agosto.2021)

About that K storm:

I, Katrina  (13+) In the spirit of I, Claudius, the empress arrives with a case of bad-breeze. #1008516 by Kåre เลียม Enga

I'm sure we have lost WDC members to storms and other weather events... just so you know.

Because I grew up in a stormy area known for blizzards I paid attention, delighting in every snowflake. My father, however, had grown up with tornadoes in Oklahoma. He knew what wind could do. We were raised to respect the weather.

Hurricanes aren't as focused as tornadoes. They aren't very picky. They can last for days, not minutes and their impact can be felt far inland. Hazel in 1954 killed folks in Toronto and Agnes in 1972 nearly took out Rochester.

Perhaps we shouldn't focus so much on wind. Flooding kills more people much more effectively. Ask anyone from Houston about the H storm... or maybe not.

So... if you have friends in the path of Ida... make sure they are prepared to hunker down. If they are in NOLA it may be time to leave.

Who at WDC is in the path?

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