Irene... the bitch is killing me. Late last week I heard that there was a tropical storm down by Puerto Rico and it was expected to hit South Florida. It was expected to grow into a Category 1 hurricane around Cuba. If it went over Cuba, it would lose strength and hit South Florida at tropical storm strength. If it missed Cuba, it would stay a Category 1 (not that big a deal, apparently).
Fast forward to today. It is definitely going to miss Cuba, but now they are saying it is going to either hit Florida or the Carolinas as a Category 3 or Category 4. If it ends up hitting South Florida it will be a Category 4, which is really, really bad. But it isn't expected to hit until Friday, so this could all change again.
I'm normally a really laid back person, but every time I think about this my body starts pumping adrenaline and I get nervous. What a welcome to Florida!
